Reviews tagging 'Violence'

There There by Tommy Orange

118 reviews

antimony27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Rape, Death, and Addiction

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Violence, Domestic abuse, Racism, Pregnancy, and Ableism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

allisoncc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Death, Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Genocide, Child death, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

ambercchen's review against another edition

emotional tense

4.75

if a single book from the current moment should become a classic, it should be this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Fatphobia, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse

displacedcactus's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

I really, truly, did not enjoy this book. It had very brief moments of beauty, mired in hours of unlikeable characters having unpleasant experiences. As an example, there's an entire chapter of a character thinking about how fat and constipated he is, and it ends with

him pooping himself after doing a sit-up

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If I wasn't listening to it for a challenge, I would have DNFed it pretty quickly, but instead I suffered through the entire thing. 0 stars, do not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Racism, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

moriahleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer and Car accident

kellykc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, Child death, Xenophobia, Violence, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. This book was a sucker-punch to the gut by the end, but such a poignant and important read. I appreciated the mix of the author’s personal voice on more fact-based pieces interspersed throughout the book and I loved the large cast of characters. Tommy Orange did a wonderful job weaving together the lives of so many in a believable and riveting way. I highly recommend this book, but prepare to be devastated by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Cancer, and Car accident

greatexpectations77's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

God, I devoured this book. So intense, so real, so complex. If you're thinking about reading this book, just do it. An important book about Native communities and just all communities. How we've failed our neighbors on a systemic level since the inception of this country that was built on stolen land.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Child death, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Drug abuse, Racism, Abortion, Bullying, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

emilybaum's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Rape and Domestic abuse