Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Argylle by Elly Conway

13 reviews

queenbookbuff's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If you love Steve Berry books then you will love Argyle! It is your classic lone wolf recruited to be a spy.  The book is NOTHING like the movie so don't expect there to be any similarities. As far as I can tell is they used the names and that is pretty much it.
The writing kept me hooked and you can't help but love Argylle. It is an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Gore, Torture, Murder, and Violence

uranaishi's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Torture, Death of parent, War, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Misogyny, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, and Slavery

taylormoore's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Liked the ending. I came in very confused bc I thought it was similar to the movie but rather it’s the book from the movie rather than what the movie is based on. At times the pov seemed very separated from the characters as if watching them from afar rather than actually being them. So sterile at times. I got better at keeping some of the characters separate but at times I had to go back and figure who was who. Over all not bad but not my favorite thriller/spy book. But that maybe have been me coming in with different expectations of what the story way suppose to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

jadencove's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, War, Death, and Kidnapping

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

3.0

The book was fun in many ways. It had a lot of the right ingredients. But I had such a hard time paying attention. Restarted the book four times. Lots of great passages, but overall, I couldn’t get into it. Kept at it because the movie looks good, though I realize it’s a somewhat different premise. Hope the movie is better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Antisemitism, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, War, Drug use, Violence, and Abandonment

sheridanmms's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a fun read, I look forward to seeing the movie. The final reveal was well timed and the book had a mostly satisfying conclusion. I will be interested to see if there will be a sequel. The characters are almost all likeable and hateable at different times and the story itself was interesting with enough mystery to make it hard to put down. Some scenes felt a little repetitive, but by the end you can tell the purpose of them. The main villain is positively awful with practically no redeeming qualities. 

The ebook is poorly edited, with duplicate words, extra words left in some places, words dropped, and the second word in one chapter is Grance… instead of France. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and War

onabookban's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Murder

little_literarian's review

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

3.0

I didn’t feel invested in the characters. The plot was good, like interesting history, and espionage,  but it felt like a screenplay. Flat without character depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Gun violence

victoriaorgana's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It was fine, I wish it was more about Aubrey and his growth. It got lost in the plot and with Francis. The POV changes to her kinda gave it away at the end. Also like the end wasn’t super satisfying mostly trying to set up for future adventures but yeah. Aubrey deserved more complex growth other than “get cut his hair” you feel?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Slavery, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Addiction, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence