Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Luna and the Lie by Mariana Zapata

6 reviews

teardropsonmypaperback's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

kam_be's review

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Gun violence

michmoo's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

Relationship was cuteish, though I did take some issue with the male lead - the author does tend to write possessive partners and I wasn't expecting this to be an exception so I overlooked it for the most part. I really liked Luna and I was actually quite interested in her work as it is something I am fairly unfamiliar with. I do also love found families so that was a nice component of the book.

I would have really liked it if Luna had broken her cousin's hand quite honestly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Stalking and Domestic abuse

thefatpaperback's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

3.5

Not my favorite Zapata read—but I still enjoyed it for sure. I had trouble putting it down like I do other Zapata reads, but it really didn’t feel like a lot happened in this 600+ page book. It burned a bit too slow for me this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

itshagar's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Honestly don't how to feel about this one, did i spend 7 hours straight reading it and couldn't put it down ? Yes..duh but i can't give it a 4 stars 
Very very predictable plot but some scenes made feel something,its a SLOW SLOW SLOW BURN so there's that.
the out of the blue (babygirl) is a no from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

getbrekked's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse