Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa

35 reviews

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This was a difficult one to rate. The last 100 or so pages were genuinely really great...but the preceding 300+ pages were a slog. The main character was not poorly written, but it also wasn't an entertaining perspective to read from. Her PoV is broken up by interviews and we do get the PoV of another character eventually, but I think the book would have really benefitted from more perspectives than just Amaya's.

Something else that really irritated me is that allll throughout the damn book, a certain event that happened five years previously is constantly brought up, in a way that keeps it a secret from the reader. Which, if it had been brought up just a couple times, would have been intriguing. But it's referenced so frequently and so cryptically that it just became obnoxious.

Once we get to the third act, things finally start coming together and paying off in a big way, but it was just too little, too late for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Blood, Stalking, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia

odrib's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, and Car accident

Minor: Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Outing, Cancer, and Child abuse

beckyremillard's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Gun violence

b_gutermann's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

Mediocre plot, wildly unlikable characters, unnecessary twist with the fiancée, and the dialogue left much to be desired. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Self harm, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

polo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

kcelena's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Classism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Cancer

marpaige's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Pedophilia

iamnita's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

This was an absolute banger. If you’re in a reading slump this is for you. It moves steady and I love the way the chapters are built. The story is very involved but told in a way that didn’t feel overwhelming. It had a lot of reference to Sri Lankan culture but does so in an educational way that left me feeling included. It is an absolutely solid read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence and Violence

mariahkindareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia and Pregnancy