Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

35 reviews

shae_purcell's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Sexism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

nneka23's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.75

A fun thriller of a ride that explores the meaning of aging while also giving us a glimpse of what it must be like to be a professional assassin. I enjoyed all the little adventures and missions the group went on throughout the book and I thought the flashback chapters were really enlightening for the reader. Overall this was an easy read - so many aspects of it were  attention-grabbing and I had a great time thanks to the clever execution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Cancer

The fight/assassination scenes are pretty detailed, so keep that in mind if you’re squeamish.

bringitona's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Death, Body horror, Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Abortion, Fatphobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Trafficking, and War

ggcd1981's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Kidnapping, Blood, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Confinement

chelbelle122's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Blood, Death, Gore, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

isabelle_mary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

2.0

I had really high expectations for this book. I mean old ladies that use to be assassins had so much potential! I feel like the writer did not write the characters well for the age that they were. I often forgot they were 60 and thought they were 25-30. I feel like I would have enjoyed the book better if their age was reflected better. The overall storyline was good, but I felt could've been better. This book had sooo much potential, but personally feel like it was not executed well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

hmetwade's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Death

churrocaitie's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.75

I had trouble getting into this book, and I’m not sure why that is. I think I expected it to be leaning more on the mystery-side of things when it came to the plot but instead, there was more of an adventure/action focus. That’s totally fine, but not my cup of tea. And since this is a smaller book, we didn’t get into plot too much that I wanted, we mainly went scene to scene with action. I would’ve enjoyed more time to get to know the characters at a deeper level. Open to reading more of Deanna Raybourn, I enjoyed this book for its writing style and how lighthearted things were, but I’m not sure I’ll explore other stories similar to this one (if she writes more like this).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy

beepbeep101's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexism, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Stalking

faduma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, and Misogyny