Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Holes by Louis Sachar

17 reviews

caitlaird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Fun and entertaining. The use of the backstories to round out the plot and make sense of certain things in the present was very interesting and well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, and Hate crime

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual harassment

tays_books's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Racism, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Hate crime

Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, Animal death, and Vomit

kate_has_book_thoughts's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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: Bullying, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Violence, Death, Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

directorpurry's review

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Gun violence

naiu_cs's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was alright. Good writing, interesting story, mostly well-written characters. The pacing sometimes felt off and I did not really grow any sort of emotional connection to the characters. 

My feelings toward this book are very neutral.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Body shaming and Bullying

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Classism, Abandonment, Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Physical abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Ableism, Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

alicia_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring 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

I loved this book!!! It was really great and a nice quick read, I finished it in 2 days! The ending was not really that great-mostly just the last couple of pages but otherwise really good! (Also I loved the parts about Sam and Katherine!!!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Death and Vomit

nota_candycaine's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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: Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Confinement, Hate crime, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

noseybonk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, and Gun violence