Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

23 reviews

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

keatonmarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

davisota2018's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

torrentsofhayl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Great concept, slow middle, ending was abrupt… and man this guy had a weird fetish with nipple torture/ abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Murder

lozziejhall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

ggcd1981's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

Male Gaze

weirdow's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Pretty much nothing but compliments here. Good horror writing,  diverse cast/perspectives. Spooky and  emotionally impactful level.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence

whirl'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

an absurd amount of nipple in this book and I assure you, it isn’t in a fun sexy way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcohol

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