Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

56 reviews

the_book_nook's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, Cancer, Trafficking, Medical content, Homophobia, Sexual assault, War, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual content

abhirupa's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

This was such a charming book. The plot was simplistic but pretty airtight and it had a cathartic ending. I loved the concept and I wish we could’ve gotten some more anecdotes of the assassins when they were younger. Overall, a very quick and fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

alastaire's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cancer, Antisemitism, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Police brutality

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

I  thought this was just perfection. I absolutely flew through it, and it was one of those reads where I got mad at other tasks in my life that took me away from it lol. The writing is tight and descriptive, the story flowed forward effortlessly, and I LOVED older women getting to be the heroes. What a treat. I can't wait to read this author again. And that she dedicated it to anyone who identifies as female and feels rage - that got me right in the ol' ticker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Cancer, and Confinement

imo_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It’s not Shakespeare, but I don’t really care. I tore through this book and I had a whale of a time from start to finish. It’s just so much fun watching 60 year old women solve the mystery of why they were targeted for assassination, kicking ass the whole time as former assassins themselves. I’m only taking a fraction of a point off because the audiobook narration is a little dodgy (two separate narrators who seemed to have real trouble keeping consistency in the voice and accents of characters). Other than that, this was a brilliant, bizarrely empowering romp. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual harassment

bashsbooks's review against another edition

Just didn't jive with the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

chelseylb1988's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Blood, Death, Cursing, Sexism, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

jen_sometimes's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

asolis's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Gun violence, and Sexism

lolamosk's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence