Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

129 reviews

lpogo16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is such an interesting read. The choices the author made in regards to the writing of this book are so unique and I know this book is going to stay with me for a while, if not forever. 

I can’t say with full confidence if I even liked this book, but it’s so unlike anything I’ve read before that I needed to give it five stars. This book makes me wish I read it in school because at least then I’d have other people to talk about it with. 

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Content Warnings

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

pupipupapa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, and Sexual content

audreyxine's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.

Loved this for the rancid, wretched vibes and group of horrible women tearing each other apart. Gotta love a book that makes you root for the bad guy, and in this book the "bad guy" is a symbiotic unharnessable wilderness and abandoning all sense of individuality. It's hard to root for humanity here.

Edit: bumped this from a 4 star to a 5 star because I couldn’t stop thinking about it and how unique and wonderful it was

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Murder

hellavaral's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lostboylio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this book hurt to read. don’t read it if you’re struggling atm, it will probably make you sob. anyway, i still loved it somehow, it’s very smart and actually beautifully written, especially the descriptions of the biology of Area X. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lost_library's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

maddiearthur's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thegrossgirl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

themis_biblos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

 There is a limit to thinking about even a small piece of something monumental. You still see the shadow of the whole rearing up behind you, and you become lost in your thoughts in part from the panic of realizing the size of that imagined leviathan.
 

 I ordered the beautiful edition with the boar on the cover and was delivered this neon pink abomination. That should be a crime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer and Mental illness