Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Augustown by Kei Miller

8 reviews

simonemaybe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

bessadams's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Blood and Police brutality

alexhaydon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I don’t recall the last time I read a book with writing so alive. Miller’s writing is incredibly immersive, and atmospheric to a point where my reactions to the setting and story became visceral. No word was wasted. Each character had a deeper story so expertly weighted and placed that by the final chapters, the story’s infrastructure ended in a climax so powerful in image and in meaning. One of the best reads in years, looking forward to more of Miller’s work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

georgiarybanks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

shannabanana6's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This was a good book, very well written and very captivating plot, although also very intense. I really enjoyed how evident throughout the book that history and context were integral to the plot. And the reality of this magic that the Rastafari community holds within them is at the center of everything, despite/in spite of the whiteness and colonization trying to snuff it out. And at the end all the jumps through time and from character to character came together and made perfect sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Excrement, Police brutality, and Colonisation

rworrall78's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible. Poetic, magical (which isn't normally my thing) but in a very real and robust way. Full of really important history and a story of how oppression echoes and continues down the centuries, but told as a fictionalised version of August Town near where the author grew up. Tense and sad but also joyful and beautiful. I absolutely loved it and was left with so much to think about and to act on. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Excrement, Police brutality, and Colonisation

cthornhill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Without doubt one of the best books I have ever read. This writing is nuanced, mind-bending, beautiful, raw and electric. It’s the sort of book that makes me want to take back all previous five star reviews because a new bar has been set. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Excrement

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Slavery

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Excrement

Minor: Gun violence and Infidelity

Be cautious if you are sensitive to eye-related violence