Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Likeness by Tana French

16 reviews

learivel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

underwhelming but had a lot of potential:/// ending was what I expected and the last 30 pages tried to tie up too many loose ends too quickly- some plot points were unnecessary. I think the real substance in this book comes from the exploration of the characters and their dynamic, rather than the quality of the final mystery

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

hdunscombe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Stalking

taque's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gun violence

emilye's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

krissymcgeehan's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, and Gun violence

edatta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I've read a good bit of Tana French, largely out of order, and this was definitely the slowest and most cerebral of the ones I've encountered. The plot plods along, only picking up any real pace about two-thirds through the whole story. And while French's novels are always very protagonist-focused, it was disappointing to see so much of the book focus on Cassie's introspection. We spend so much time around four other characters but never get beyond some surface-level description and some throw-away dialogue. <spolier> The ending was a bit disappointing too. The people you suspect did it are in fact the ones that did it all along. No grand twist, no huge reveal, no big moment of shock. It didn't come as a surprise as much as a slow realization, like waking up out of a dream.  </spolier> The quality of the writing carried the story. But I don't think I would've finished this book if it wasn't such a fan of French's oeuvre. If you're looking for a tightly-paced detective story, try Broken Harbor instead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia

mama_vees_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Suicide, and Sexual content

ginger95's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Better than In The Woods imo, Cassie is very likable as a character, the mystery is tense and thrilling (it seemed like i couldnt read fast enough during some scenes) and there was a nice conclusion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Gun violence

marisacarpico's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

The first book is a high standard to match, but this does it. Strong character work and a decently compelling plot considering the action takes place in the same place for the most part. It’s the maturity and complexity of French’s work that always impresses me. I’m going to finish another book allegedly for adults by the end of the night and doing so makes the strength of her work stand out even more. Like this is genre fiction, but it can border on literary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion