Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

93 reviews

nadia_luq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death, and Miscarriage

ocnlvr83's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Mass/school shootings

victoriahoperose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

krystalframe's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Bullying

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

There's a lot in this novel. Because it tackles the issue from multiple perspectives, the nuance is appreciated. I could write an essay about bullying here, but suffice it to say that bullying is a problem without an easy solution, and the book really really explores that. An exchange between a lawyer and the principal really nailed it with these back-to-back (paraphrased) sentences.

Bullying is not tolerated at this school / Disciplining the bullies makes things worse

Moving on, the characters felt real. Peter was neither a monster nor a simple victim but a fleshed out teenager. His mother wasn't a perfect mother nor a failure but someone trying her best and making a lot of mistakes. Tbh, these are the only characters that I really empathized with. But that's not to say that the many other characters weren't also three dimensional.

idk, I won't read this book again, but I wouldn't deter anyone else from reading it. It's upsetting but the message is important, poignant and more realistic than other books I've read about school shootings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Miscarriage, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

haleybre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

craftyanty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.25

As a longtime Picoult fan, I'd consider this heartbreaking book is one of her best. She has the ability to make you see things from perspectives you'd never thought to consider, but she goes a step further... She finds a way of making you empathize with characters you'd normally consider evil. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Bullying

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

linipanini's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional relaxing tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mass/school shootings

livlovread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Gun violence

keg82386's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings