Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

8 reviews

rmkg's review against another edition

Disturbing, fascinating, and ultimately beautiful, this is a classic for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, and Grief

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Suicide

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Vomit, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Terminal illness, War, Classism, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Animal death

isabella_boytsan's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: War, Violence, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

effys's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed reading this book, as someone who got swept up in the dystopian hype of The Hunger Games and Divergent as a teen it was a great experience to read an older dystopian. This book held a really interesting story and I was hooked the whole way through and I’m super interested to see what the rest of this series holds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and War

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I remember reading this book in middle school and loving it. I somehow didn't make the connection that it was dystopian until I read it again (this time), but I'm wondering if this is when my love for dystopian stories started. I always assumed it was in high school, but I think this may have been the original.

Reading it as an adult was not quite as jarring as it was for middle school me, but there were still some very glaring issues with the society. For the most part, this story aged well, and I would definitely consider it one of my all-time favorites.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Child abuse, Animal death, and Gun violence

Additional CW/TW: classism, elder abuse, war

rainbowsandbookshelves's review

emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Gun violence

ghosterystore's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence