Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Questa violenta fine by Chloe Gong

99 reviews

celines_schemes's review against another edition

2.25

I'm so disappointed with this book. It felt like a badly rehashed version of book 1 ☹️ But that's just my opinion!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation

lynnrahm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

miss chole can push a clawed hand into your chest and rip out your heart.

end of story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

phob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

kbairbooks's review against another edition

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

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

4.25

(Spoiler review) oh my gosh. Once again horror and politics are SO not my vibe when I’m reading. BUT. There’s just something about Chloe Gongs writing that ensnared me. I HAD to know what happened and I HAD to know if Roma and Juliette ended up together! I still wish she had killed her parents, and as with a couple other things I’m not entirely sure what the ending meant so I feel… fulfilled but also not. It’s been a long time since I read something that left me with that feeling at the end of a book. I will be very intrigued to see what this author comes up with in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

valpyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

[audiobook]

while this didn't end exactly how i hoped it would've, i personally enjoyed it as a sequel and as an ending to the series (and tbf, it wasn't entirely a surprise). i really vibed with gong's writing -- as with the previous book, i think she struck a great balance of emotional resonance and development, along with exposition. both romances were almost exactly my vibe and kept me on my toes in anticipation.

while i admire gong's ability to move the plot along, always having something going on that the characters are inciting or catching up with, i think there was a little too much going on here, and the monster plot suffered a little for it. and though i did really enjoy the multiple pov's, (view spoiler)

also, as with the last book, the audiobook narrator was great, but her choice to harshly whisper dynamic (loud/intense) dialogue was distracting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Police brutality and Colonisation

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lainiereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

okay i will just die now thank u

100/100 stars perfect book love u miss chloe

after reflecting i’m definitely adding this to my tops 10 books, but it is honestly in my top 3 books right now, i am in love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and War

katiefreeman209's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

padme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

Wow, what a sequel!!

Once again, I was planning on giving this four stars just because there were a few elements I didn't like

I didn't like Rosalind's storyline, especially since it was held back for so long as a dramatic reveal so we didn't get a lot of insight into how involved she was and why she did what she did. I also thought Dimitri was a pretty weak villain, and we didn't get much insight into why he was doing what he was doing, other than that he was a bad guy. I felt like the book was weakened somewhat by trying to paint Rosalind as a villain of some kind while also removing her agency in the situation, implying that it was all because of Dimitri that she did what she did. I think the book MIGHT have been better served giving Dimitri a POV and giving Rosalind some more focus up front, and then painting their story as a parallel to Roma and Juliette's. It would have eliminated some big reveals later on, but it would have made the first half of the book more investing and would have given the two villains more motivation later on

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However, I have to give this a 4.5 stars just because of how well the ending played. Chloe Gong knows how to stick a landing! The epilogue genuinely made me cry, and I wasn't expecting it to. 

Overall, it was a really incredible read, and I can't wait to see what Chloe Gong writes next! Such an interesting world, so many cool characters, and such a great way to adapt an old story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Blood, and Colonisation

devynry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail