Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa

13 reviews

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism, Violence, Torture, Homophobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Drug use, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

poetkoala's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Quite dark! Felt a little heavy-handed with the Prohibition era slang. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

cdace8's review

dark emotional 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

3.5

This book was pretty good. The story was interesting and a good pace. My issue with this book is there was little reference to the time period it took place which was in the 1920s. It felt very modern which made the flow of it very strange at times. Like you had things like bootlegged liquor but very modern conversations & language. 

On the other side of that it is really sad that some of the issues that plagued the 1920s still plague us today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, and Alcohol

bnielsen214's review

slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual content

hendrixpants's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

juliabristow's review

adventurous inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Antisemitism

abominablesnowaro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Classism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Stalking, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Outing, and Torture

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Ableism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

stardust_heidi's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Hate crime, and Homophobia

carolined314's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a deeply hardboiled story starring a strikingly agency-filled lady who is passing as Caucasian in the 20s. Not only is she hiding her race, but also her magic, and yet she finds a loving community and support in many different ways. She also encounters quite a bit of violence, suffering, and pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Grief, Hate crime, and Outing