Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Long Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

5 reviews

treylaura's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

This seems to be the last book in the fixer series, but it doesn't feel like the series should be over. I want more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Several people are shot and murdered in this book including some students. A school is taken hostage. Subtle mentions of a possible sexual assault are hinted at.

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing

emjen16's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

emilineopines's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

 I absolutely loved this series. I will say that this one didn't work quite as well for me as did The Fixer. That may in part be due to the fact that Fixer was such a lovely breath of fresh air for me, whereas I went into this book with pretty high expectations. Nonetheless, the extreme nature of the plot got to be a little much at times to the point where I was rolling my eyes. I think that may just be part of the genre, and, to the book's credit, much like in my beloved Jane the Virgin, even though the characters might be put in truly absurd situations, their reactions to those situations felt (largely) genuine. There were some real twists that were juicy and interesting, particularly with how they impacted the character's relationships. I LOVED the family development in this one (I'm so obsessed with her grandfather). I'm absolutely gutted that this series won't continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

gabby1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was soo much better than the first one, I liked all the characters here, and loved how the relationship panned out. If there' s one thing bad about this book it's the fact that there isn't a third book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Mass/school shootings