Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

28 reviews

addyruth17's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

quinn12_'s review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, Dementia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Murder, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, and Terminal illness

elodie_melodie's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted reflective medium-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? No

5.0

Ein tolles Buch, ich hab es in wenigen Tagen verschlungen! Ich mochte vor allem sehr, dass die Geschichte aus vielen verschiedenen Perspektiven erzählt wurde. Auch die diversen Thematiken fand ich spannend und abwechslungsreich. Ganz große Empfehlung. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, and Racial slurs

kathischm's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Slavery, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Murder, Gun violence, and Racism

this_is_lee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

This was such A beautiful book. The story follows two intricate characters and the ways that their paths diverge, cross and meld. It is hard to read at times but it is incredibly worth it in the end. 
Very enlightening. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Police brutality, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Addiction, and Classism

laurendenton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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 of parent, Medical content, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Dementia, and Misogyny

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Stalking, and Cursing

erd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

Love how the story is organized into chunks diving deeper on specific characters and their pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Death, Classism, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia

None of content is over-the-top or overdone, all of it drives the story along.

marabdelmageed's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Dementia, Cultural appropriation, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Cursing, Dysphoria, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

ggwillmott's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I loved the characters in this book, and how their relationships with one and other was really what drove the story. The discussion of race and white-passing was so vivid, and the trans representation was great too. I loved how almost all the narrative perspectives were from women but none of the story was centered around the fact that they were women. The dialogue was natural and well written -- a real sense of the different settings throughout the novel. 
However, I didn't find the language particularly beautiful in its style, it was more just realism than anything particularly decadent. I'm sure this was a very intentional choice, as it would have quite changed the personalities of the characters should they have started speaking in beautiful, elegant speeches; however I do think its worth noting that the linguistic style of this book did not feel particularly interesting in itself. But this did suit the plot and the characters well so definitely did not detract from the book as a whole -- if anything it really added to the realistic and vivid sense of character and place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime

Minor: Death of parent and Gun violence

balfies's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

An intergenerational story about mixed race identical twins, where one chooses to pass as white and the other stays black.

Identity, self, selves, race, gender, double consciousness, doubled consciousnesses, women, sisters, cousins, twoness, aloneness, pretending, authenticating - all warp and weave over and through each other through the different women in this novel. A really beautiful study of character, and of what character means.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Dysphoria