Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

29 reviews

lemonwrlds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fierymoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

im mesmerized i cant form a proper sentence rn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicide, Medical content, and Cannibalism

josiah17's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Wow. Best of the trilogy, and one of the best books I've ever read. Pierce Brown, you're on heck of a writer.

(Can't believe I'm saying this with a series using the first person perspective. If you're like me and figured first person isn't for you, just PLEASE try these books! It's worth it.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism

joshoonet's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

3.0

• A lot of fighting, as is to be expected of the last book in a YA trilogy
• All the battling wasn't as interesting as I hoped it would be, apart from a few notable exceptions
• Really liked the beginning and the end, but a lot of the stuff in between was just alright
• Maybe I was just burnt out on this series though? I read over 1200 pages of it in two days, wouldn't be too surprising

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Confinement/Suicide Attempt:

the protagonist is confined to a tomb-like cell for 9 months in the beginning of the book without light or human contact. He tries to end his life before being abruptly liberated from his cell.

War, Grief and all Violence:

most - if not all - of this book is about war and trying to take over certain ships or planets. Close friends of the main characters die by violence throughout the book, as well as millions of unnamed characters.

laguerrelewis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

3.5

This is my favorite installment in the Red Rising series so far. A lot of my previous complaints are less glaring here—the female characters are treated less like sexual objects (though, ultimately, almost every one invariably finds themselves smitten with a man and swayed by whatever he wants), the core of the book felt a lot stronger, and the stylized narration didn’t grate on me this time around. Pierce Brown’s strength certainly lies in his ability to create a sweeping, epic battlefield, with twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat. I felt myself caring for the characters and their fates more than I had before, though I will admit some of the “twists” were unfortunately over-telegraphed. If you liked the last two installments, I see no reason why you wouldn’t enjoy this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Break the chains.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement

luckykosmos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

A wonderful cap on the series. Builds off the strengths of the earlier books, bringing the themes full circle to the impact of Eo's death (as well as Julian's). Excited to move on to the next series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt

adriennefrances's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

stacey_the_chapter_conundrum's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Reread April 2023 - Loved it even more this time around, such an amazing series!

Original read January 2021 - My Cawpile score: 8.07

A great conclusion to the original trilogy in the series even though it wasn't quite the ending that I was expecting! 

I wish that Darrow had a lot more introspective moments and that we got to be in on what was going on in his head more often and there were a few things that felt a little bit convenient or a little bit rushed but overall I'm really happy with soooo much of this book.  There were so many satisfying moments both character and plot wise!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Cannibalism