Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

26 reviews

booknerdbetty's review

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Animal death

_morgan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, War, Confinement, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Physical abuse and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Blood

hanakograce's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, Death, War, Sexual content, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Hate crime, Genocide, Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Car accident, Blood, and Antisemitism

fruitysaz's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

it’s time for my favourite game: time travel or severely debilitating ptsd! you decide!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gore, Gun violence, and Confinement

Minor: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, and Drug use

_kimb's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Racial slurs

coskob's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

Wow, this was really good. Horrifying and gross and very of-its-time writing style (complete with more than a few eye-roll-y choices but whatever), but I liked how it played with structure and narration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Slavery, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty