Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

14 reviews

atamano's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Pregnancy, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Rape, and Medical content

luca_di_mauro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Gun violence, and Racism

amiamor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Violence and Gun violence

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Gore, Gun violence, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Rape, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual content

betsygrace's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Colonisation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, and Slavery

bek_p87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Having read and enjoyed other JoJo Moyes novels, I wasn't expecting this story to be as moving and engrossing as it was. I grew to love all of the travelling librarians, and root for them. I didn't see the twist coming (although I probably should've), and I was genuinely afraid things wouldn't turn out for the best (even though that would've rendered this not a romance!) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

em8ly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Colonisation, Classism, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

sassyshark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Medical content, and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Confinement, Abortion, Body horror, and Miscarriage

freetobme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

Moves along. Didn’t find a lot of things to ponder or that I wanted to write down. 

Didn’t seem consistent with Fred’s character or prior statements that he and Alice didn’t wait until they were married, especially considering the era. 

Parts were pretty predictable. Like the annulment.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual content

bel017's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

I loved the characters: such strong, amazing, but realistically drawn women.
The setting too, was so well rendered. What an awful time and place. I'm sure the beauty of the place was supposed to shine through, but the dirt and poverty and hardship, and knowing those kinds of things really happened there and still happen all over the world, and that we all benefit from the misery of others, was tough.

Several times I had to skip a page or two to avoid traumatising content

a woman being beaten, a dog being killed

But reading about the friendship and the women's determination was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry