Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke

8 reviews

pvp_niki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Colonisation, Abortion, and Alcohol

kmtaylor002's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Self harm, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Child death, Animal death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion, Medical content, Alcohol, Vomit, Suicide, and Cancer

victoria_catherine_shaw's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Grief

dmswack3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

CHECK CONTENT WARNINGS BEFORE READING!

As a lover of dual timelines and horror, this one was a big hit for me! It did start a bit slow, but once it picked up I was hooked.
 
As the first line of thai review says, check content warnings before reading. There are some topics discussed in detail that can definitely be triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death

annemariep68's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

2.5

Audiobook: this was a 2.5 rounded down. The narration was good  but i felt the story was jumping around too much for me to follow (why was it always Chapter 1??). I was looking forward to a wintery gothic ghost story and it is a bit of that but the ending was disappointing and there were quite a few lose ends and challenging plot points that didn’t seem to make sense. I was hoping for something more along the lines of The Bear and the Nightingale. Also I think there could be triggers re: sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

abbie_eibba's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Torture, Child death, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, Murder, Abortion, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

aducharme4's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Gore, Pregnancy, Child death, Gun violence, Self harm, Confinement, Animal death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

tamara_joy's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Very spooky, very icy. And an unusual setting - the north coast of Iceland.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Bullying, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism