Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

4 reviews

emilywemily6's review

challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

I was really hoping for more answers in this book, but I understand that the author’s whole premise is that the source of Area X is unknowable by our finite human minds. I liked getting multiple viewpoints to add a little bit more clarity, but I wish a few more things wrapped up by the end with the storylines converging. It felt unsatisfying. I think I would get more out of reading this series again and again, but I didn’t enjoy it enough to want to reread it to get a few more crumbs of insight. Saul’s scene at the bar was so fascinating and intriguing and I really thought his storyline in particular would have more of a climax. Overall, it was a weird and interesting time, with so much nuance that who even knows what the truth is? Not my kind of reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol and Cancer

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

madarauchiha's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Gore, and Self harm

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Death of parent, Vomit, and Drug use

troisha's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit