Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

77 reviews

emilylouise1608's review against another edition

tense 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

4.0

Tense. Tense. Tense 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Cancer, Murder, Drug use, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

i really enjoyed this book. i had a hard time putting it down. i will admit, i was a little underwhelmed with the ending, and was left with a few questions, but nothing detrimental to the story. great fast paced and quick read. 10/10 would recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Cancer, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, War, Grief, Gun violence, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

sammyb's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

ajsj456's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Drug use

cammiem8's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Imagine Saw but for moms 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Cancer

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Gun violence, Medical content, and Vomit

szpetot's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

ashareadsbooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book had such an interesting premise to it, having a loved one kidnapping forcing you to kidnap someone to get them back and keeping that going on and on and on, but i think in the end it was kind of fumbled. There was far too much information when it came to describing the guns in the book and the military background of one of the characters. On top of that, the first heroin scene was completely out of nowhere and it again was too much information, and that was also brought up many times. I feel like it should have focused more on other things. The reveal was sort of underwhelming a little bit and the small romance subplot seemed very forced. I think the first part of the book was much better than the second part. the first part seemed well thought out and interesting while the second part felt… like the author didn’t know where to go. I gave it a 3.25 because while there were a lot of flaws with it, i did find it enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

jen1804's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book, despite its dark themes. It’s a tense story with a really interesting concept exploring the lengths families will go to if forced to protect a loved one.  I thought it was well written with decent twists and was well paced to keep me interested.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Cancer

Minor: Abandonment