Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

5 reviews

mitchelldavis1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Suicide, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

elizaeaa22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 attempt, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Cursing, Bullying, Gaslighting, Violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Drug use, Death of parent, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

readbycarina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking and Racism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, War, and Grief

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

I’m not sure how I feel about the ending of this book, but the whole book is so well written and the characters so well fleshed out that I can’t help but love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

kkm0112's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

This author has written two of my other favorite books (Rules of Civility and Gentleman in Moscow). It is long - about 600 pages - but a fantastic historical fiction set primarily in the 1950s. After being released from a work farm, 18-year old Emmett is ready to pick up his 8 year old brother and head west to start their lives anew. But he discovers two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the warden's trunk and have a different plan all together. It takes place over 10 days and told from multiple POVs. Normally I dislike POVs, but it was such a multi-layered story and you really got such a great perspective on all the characters. It's both wide and deep, so you have to be willing to dive in - but it's worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Addiction