Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

122 reviews

bethsreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Racism

nita_07's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, and Violence

The book discusses what its like to be a Black author in America, Black identity and the struggles that underpin being Black in America. However, the relationship & love between the two characters is still the central part of the book and the book is both funny and hopeful. It also shine’s a light on non-physical disabilities.

lachy13's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Violence, and Sexual assault

vipsahtanut's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

britishnbroke's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Self harm, Drug abuse, Violence, and Sexual harassment

maddyontheoffbeat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gun violence and Self harm

Minor: Child death

shayna14's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.75

i have a chronic illness/invisible disability and i felt so represented by eva. 

so close to 4 stars but it was hard to get into at first and some parts felt slow to me because of the jumping around to different character storylines. the romance genre isn't my thing tbh but i enjoyed this!

i wish eva's book about her family was real, i would definitely read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

Minor: Car accident

myriam7's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Violence

Minor: Rape

niita's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

Where do I even start? We have Shane and Eva who've known each other since high school. They fall in love in a short week and then they never speak again. 15 years later, both as accomplished authors and Eva as a single mother, they somehow find their spark again. I have to say, I really enjoyed it. I love the development in Shane. He was basically a kid set up for failure in his youth and he changed his life around. As for Eva, she's awesome. A best selling author, a great mom all while battling a Chronic invisible illness. As for the Romance itself, the flashbacks were rather interesting. They basically found love in a hopeless place. Lol. So for the 🌶🌶? Nice. Nothing too crazy if a reader doesn't like erotica. This book has been on my TBR list for a while and I'm so glad I finally got around to it. It was a great read! ❤️ RIP Tyree🙏🏾

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, Drug abuse, Child death, and Addiction

_cararichardson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.75

I’m not a big romance reader, so maybe that’s why I didn’t love this one as much as everyone else does. My major complaint was that the writing and some dialogue erred a little corny, but that improved over the course of the book. I also didn’t fully understand

The purpose of Ty’s death or why Shane‘s response was inappropriate given that situation. The novel did kind of cover it by saying he was becoming too codependent with his students, but I think it was a reasonable reaction, and I would personally have not thought it was a signifier of Shane’s unreadiness for his relationship with Eva. Although this could come from a place where I am younger than the author/characters and untraumatized, so maybe I don’t have the right insight for that situation.

As far as the positives of this book, I did like a lot of the themes, and when the writing wasn’t corny, it was quite nice. The characters were complex , and I think the authors point of view and musings were interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Violence