Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

99 reviews

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

loveyoulike's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

improved on a lot compared to the first book, but at some point i just felt like i was speeding through whole plots so i can get to random scenes with the characters

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

valeria_balzan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Chloe Gong has not missed on delivering a thrilling, fantasy and romance filled adventurous novel.

All of her hard work and setting in the previous novel was a good foundation for this novel, and I dare to say that it was better than the last one. The prose of the author was just excellent in the telling of their forbidden love story against their feuding families.

Roma and Juliette's moments when the world isn't watching them have my whole heart. It's the bittersweet moments when they know what their fate is, and don't know whether they want it or not. Especially the pinky promise scene.

It's more negative aspects are the very thing I criticized on the last one and that is that sometimes the prose get's lost on the action and it's hard to know what is happening.

Overall I think it is a very solid book. l loved it.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

It's a war, what did you expect?

nehanaomi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

screaming, crying, throwing up 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shaipanda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a solid sequel - while I wasn’t quite as obsessed with this series as I expected to be I enjoyed it overall and really connected with a number of the characters 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and War

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

ye_li's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

i really loved the ending and i really enjoyed the writing of this book, definitely good for my slow little brain. but it was definitely slow for 65% of the book and also kind of similar to the first book but different? if i thought too much about it, i didnt like the first half of the book but when i was just vibing, it was fun!

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ladygetslit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

There will be hatred. There will be war. The country will fight itself to pieces. It will starve its people, ravage its land, poison its breath. Shanghai will fall and break and cry. But alongside everything, there has to be love—eternal, undying, enduring. Burn through vengeance and terror and warfare. Burn through everything that fuels the human heart and sears it red, burn through everything that covers the outside with hard muscle and tough sinew. Cut down deep and grab what beats beneath, and it is love that will survive after everything else has perished. 

My Personal Opinion: It is a rare sequel that lives up to the first installment, but Our Violent Ends managed to blow me away. This book has everything: political intrigue based in Chinese history, queer and trans representation, family drama, mysterious monsters, loyal friend groups, and (of course) star-crossed love.

My Teacher Opinion: this would be an amazing replacement for Romeo & Juliet, although I may ruffle feathers by saying so. I do think the duology would be best for an upper level high school class, due to the pretty heavy violence and complexity of the political plot lines. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation

averyrembish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping