Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

We Are the Light by Matthew Quick

56 reviews

brynpemery's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This started off SO WEIRD and I almost quit after a chapter or two. I ended up sticking with it and liked it more as the story picked up and we met some other characters. I will say that the beginning weirdness does have some context that helps explain things—elements that seem like fantasy or magical realism do have an explanation later on.

Realizing that the narrator is traumatized and extremely unreliable made me a lot more open to the way the story was told.

I will say that the Jungian analysis never got less weird. Glad it helped the narrator (and I believe the author) out but I could have done with a bit less. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

mjoiner11's review

dark emotional hopeful slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

laheath's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

Emotional story of a town, one man in particular, trying to heal after a tragic event. Told through his letters to his Jungian analyst, the grief and devastation are palpable, but the story is ultimately hopeful in its telling of forgiveness and rebuilding.

Strong trigger warning for this book but worth it if you can get through the difficult material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

chelle22's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Murder

wanderinginreads's review

Couldn’t get into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Suicide

bobbyheddy's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Suicide

danaleann23's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Mass/school shootings

annieecusack's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was alright; I wish there had been more analysis of the narrator’s thoughts as opposed to descriptions of events throughout the book to better incorporate the ending into the rest of the story, and create a more psychological environment, which seemed to be a goal but was a bit poorly executed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

malbenigno's review

emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

katiieecat's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis