Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

30 reviews

vivectelvanni's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Animal death, Suicide, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: War, Rape, Racism, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping

c410berry's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Death

Minor: Child death

m1nature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Animal death, Violence, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Murder, Child death, Death, Torture, and Gun violence

flaweddimension's review against another edition

The violence took a vivid, disturbing, sadistic turn, with visual images I will never get out of my brain. I didn't care to stick around to see what else happened. (I looked it up. It only gets bleaker.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, and Rape

kdawn999's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Gore, and Sexism

Minor: Genocide

byrdy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Once I got to page 400 (out of 852), it really started to pick up. Worth a read, but you are probably going to have to force yourself to read especially at the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Animal death, and Alcohol

harveyrichardwilson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Rape, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, and Racism

cretaceous's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Rape, Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcoholism

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Death of parent, Stalking, Slavery, Infidelity, Ableism, Body shaming, Xenophobia, War, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Abandonment

dina9195's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Animal death, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence