Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

183 reviews

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, and Colonisation

carlyoc's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

A well-wrapped second half of a duology that continued to make interesting twists on the classic Romeo and Juliet story while also weaving in the history of the emerging conflict between the communists and nationalists in 1920s Shanghai. 
However, this installment was a bit of a slog with a slow pace. Both books in the series could have been half their length. I'm glad I made it all the way through though. I found the overarching theme of the triumph of hope and love over hatred and violence to be uplifting even if the events of the book were dark, bloody, and sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

mint_choco4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

I absolutely love this series! It kept me intrigued till the very end and the characters are very well written as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Sexual content

stacyaj's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

littlewishling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Thrilling and enthralling. I adore Gong’s writing and I can’t wait to read more of her work. Literally couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

faemh's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

This suffers from much the same issues as the previous book and I found myself mentally editing it as I read it. However, this one felt somewhat easier to read - maybe because I'd already got used to the writing style? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

tamsinlynn21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

kareenadeah's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Murder

isitcertain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

better than shakespeare tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

laurens_beanbag's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia