Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown

6 reviews

daishaspencer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the most gut wrenching and horrific stories I’ve read. I found myself moved to tears many times placing myself as a young woman in the shoes of Sarah and her companions. The author wrote beautifully of the scenery in which the party found themselves, I could clearly see places I’ve never been (though I had to reference google maps a handful of times). This story is not without bias from the author, but no narrative non-fiction truly can be. This book has left me with a lasting impression of a story which I knew little about before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Murder, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Racism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

sare1125's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and War

jaibird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Colonisation, Cannibalism, and Child death

Minor: Abortion

kpeps's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Medical content, Alcohol, Abandonment, Death, Animal death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Gun violence, and Gore

scenic92's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, and Child death

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, and Ableism

Moderate: Pregnancy, War, Classism, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury