Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Ik ben Pelgrim by Terry Hayes

5 reviews

indieleah's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

If I have to hear this man explain how he “made a mistake” one more time, I’m going to waterboard myself :) 

(Almost put it down so many times, the dialogue is atrocious, it’s also weirdly racist and misogynistic, and he loves America way too much for my liking. The plot was the only thing keeping me going, and even that barely got me through) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Torture

annatroughton's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Grief, War, Blood, Medical content, Torture, and Kidnapping

saskiahill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Suicide, Murder, Medical content, Islamophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Torture, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

An outside of my typical genre read! I always enjoy puzzling through a mystery/thriller and the scope and scale of the various mysteries in this thriller were certainly engaging and impressive. 

There are some elements of the story that were really hard for me to read - check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Vomit, Death, Child abuse, Torture, Islamophobia, Medical content, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Antisemitism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Ableism

CW: Fanaticism and terrorism

fscolli93's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia