Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen

15 reviews

phantomgecko's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

Opening the book with an autopsy is a bold choice. I'm a big crime book/show fan who thought no mere procedural crime book could bother me. But I legit almost stopped reading right there because I almost threw up. Not necessarily because it was especially gory but perhaps just because I was queasy that day anyway. After trying again the next day, I was able to power through.

Oh and the detailed ER scenes were defos not a favorite. There's a lot of blood and surgery in this one folks.

I liked it overall. I haven't put the next book in the series on my list yet, but I probably will eventually?

Additionally, I haven't watched Rizzoli & Isles, but I'm tempted now.

The mystery of it was perfectly satisfactory. A good amount of red herrings balanced with reasonable unraveling. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Bullying, Medical content, Rape, Stalking, Torture, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Body horror, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, and Police brutality

enjaromirjagr's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Blood, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Sexism, Murder, Medical content, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Torture

bonez_x's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Rape

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Torture

siobhanward's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

 

I was given this book as a gift by someone I was dogsitting for, and at first I was really worried it was about to delve deep in to early-2000s transphobia, but luckily it did not and I wound up really having fun with the book. I've seen a few episodes of the show based on this series, but had no idea it was a book long before it was a show. This wound up being a fun read (and honestly will offer a good counter to my James Patterson habit haha). I'm really excited to read more from the series.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Gore, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Gun violence

jmeyers888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

jennlcollier's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Torture

taque's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

really good mystery story, but way more graphic than I would have liked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gore, Sexual harassment, Death, Confinement, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Car accident, Suicide, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Grief

aliteracja's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Rape, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cancer

hkburke2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the writing and the pacing was... Motivating, I guess. It kept me engaged. Several things did not age well here, though.

Gender essentialism with the uterus, Rizzoli's whole character is developed around her looks without a lot of depth/appreciation for the systems around her (although there's some acknowledgment of the pressures on her as a woman in the department, it feels really surface level), and the flaw in her character being she just wants to kill suspects - definitely not a good look and something she'd struggle to come back from, for me.

Also weird there's no Isles? I guess this is just further confirming for me that when it comes to books I like cozy detective stories/mysteries, not "modern day" police procedurals. But if that's your thing, the writing here at least could sell you on this. I can see why they wanted it for TV. (I listened to the version narrated by Laurel Lefkow). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Blood, Stalking, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Ableism, Suicide, and Racism