Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

24 reviews

nikspandya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

Highly recommend to anyone trying to get out of a reading slump. This fast-paced, fantasy western world has highs and lows, dark tunnels with the light at the end, fantastic bandit scenes, and a group of girls creating a life they never had the option to dream about before their escape. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking

decklededgess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

trigger warnings: sexual assault (opening scene), sexual violence related ptsd, drug addiction, trafficking, racism, imprisonment and confinement, 

This book was a tough one. I had to pivot from physical to audiobook just to make it easier to process. From the get go it's apparent this is a rather loose allegory for Westward expansion era slavery. I mean really only the densest of people isn't going to pick up on that. It's really well researched and tactfully written. The attention to detail in terms of character development, trauma responses, relationship and trust building, were all incredibly crafted. The characters felt real, their responses felt genuine, amazing and touching stuff to read. 
The fantasy worldbuilding was a bit confusing but this is book 1 in this world/series, most of it was expository which is understandable, and this was a heavily character driven book so I wasn't too phased. Plus if we're considering the prior knowledge we already have about Wild West America, really all you have to do is swap certain terminology and you've got 90% of it covered.
Amazing book, can't wait to get to my ARC of the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Torture, and Rape

sarahaf712's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, and Self harm

painausten314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

anika222's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual violence

Details on sexual violence:

The first chapter takes place in a "welcome house" essentially a brothel where all the sex workers are there by force. The scene depicts the beginning of a man forcing himself onto one of the characters, but it is interrupted. In another scene, the expectation of sex is implied but not acted on.

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

kelsireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Blood, Child abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Suicide

kelseyland's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

A tense, face-paced escape story that takes place in a dark, fantastical version of the American West. This definitely felt more like part one of a series than a standalone novel so I'm glad the next book is already out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Medical trauma, Rape, Suicide, Child abuse, Infertility, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

ohheyandi's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

I didn't think I'd love this book as much as I did. The characters are pretty well fleshed out and compelling, and I really enjoyed the Western-esque setting. And honestly, I'm also a sucker for analogue swear words. You can bet I'm adding "ripping" into my mental rolodex of phrases. I will say the plot get a bit repetitive, but honestly it felt episodic and I didn't mind. I'm going to be thinking about this book for days.
Also, I was getting a bit of a gay vibe from Violet and Aster, so I'm kind of hoping we get to see that relationship (either romantic or platonic, honestly both are good) develop more in the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, and Trafficking

Moderate: Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Slavery, Misogyny, Sexism, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Death, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Suicide