Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

30 reviews

stormeno's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

peggy_racham's review against another edition

3.25

Perhaps I wasn't the right audiance for this book. Its was strange and strangely slow at times

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Violence

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Abandonment, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Colonisation, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Cultural appropriation, Pregnancy, Suicide, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, and War

tallylook's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Car accident, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

aqueezy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Kidnapping, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, War, and Cursing

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, and Child death

joensign's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Torture, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, War, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Racial slurs

bi_n_large's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Police brutality, Kidnapping, Violence, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Suicide and Gun violence

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, War, Gun violence, and Murder

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Cursing, and Colonisation

Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

It was very engaging and interesting. I really enjoyed learning about all of the different mythologies and gods mentioned (I read the annotated version so it gave me more information) and I really liked this book!

raavi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Death