Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

37 reviews

thetearex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Death, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content

sarahkmcl's review

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Scary!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Self harm, Pregnancy, Death, Child death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Torture, Gun violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Blood

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Violence, Torture, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

coolbeans995's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The first half of this book hooked me. The author (who is a good writer) is obviously channeling Stephen King, but where the book falls short in my opinion is the second half. There are too many climaxes. When you think things can't get worse for the characters they do, and when you think there isn't anything else that can go wrong it does, and the last 300 pages are just too much of that. There isn't enough of a satisfying ending to make up for it either.

It had my attention in the first half enough where I wanted to read what happens but the second half was too much. Should have wrapped it up in 100 pages I stead of 300.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

elisammansur's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

tbh my rating is going more off the vibes i felt throughout the book rather than an objective review. i did enjoy it a lot, the way it’s written hooked me from the start and kept me engaged with the story through the seven hundred pages. i am not religious so, sometimes, the analogies, metaphors, and overall catholic imagery was hard to understand. overall, it’s a better book and more worthwhile than It (Stephen King), with better vibes and a better ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide, and Gun violence

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

this book took a sci-fi/fantasy turn i wasn't expecting, but i enjoyed it. i wish i had known what to expect going into it, but regardless, this book was amazing. 
a slow burn that truly throws you wholly into the universe of christopher and kate. 
it was a mesmerizing and well thought out world, and i'm so happy to have been able to participate.
highly recommend for anyone who enjoys a lot of character development throughout all characters (main and side), a fully developed plot, and has the time to delve into this beast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, War, Slavery, and Suicide

abbyg007's review

dark reflective fast-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: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Death, Car accident, Child abuse, Dementia, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

britttobegorey94's review

dark mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Domestic abuse, Rape, Child death, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy

sreilley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this so much. Is it long? Heck yes. Too long? Maybe. Worth every minute of it? Absolutely.

When the lines are crossed between reality and imagination, the lines of morality blur as well. 

The main character is a young boy, 8 years old, but with the soul and wisdom of generations. 

The small town in rural Pennsylvania finds itself plagued by a strange flu, terrifying thoughts, and a sudden span of time where nobody dies.

Christopher and the nice man come together to fight for good, but the fight isn't quite what Christopher expected...

Toward the end, I wished it would wrap up just a bit faster, but it was incredible and truly transformative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Incest, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Bullying, Drug abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Death of parent

None of the content was too disturbing for me (and I'm really squeamish) but it might be for some.