Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

21 reviews

princejello's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The characters' differences and what they struggled with were really interesting to get into. The "plot twist" wasn't much of one, but it was still pretty intense toward the end. I always love to see autistic and trans rep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Car accident, Classism, Addiction, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, and Violence

_haven_'s review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It reads like Scream 4 with a D&D tilt.

Super fun. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, Violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Hate crime, Medical content, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Murder, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

rosesandstuff's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I wish we had more of the murderers perspective,

the look into Liva’s mind really made the book for me

but overall this book made me so happy and tense and I loved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Addiction, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Car accident

bradley's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Child death, Mental illness, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Hate crime, Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship

beesreadingshelf's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Addiction

stuckinatimeloop's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Violence, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Toxic friendship

hctown's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Ableism, and Transphobia

aqulia's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Even When We Break was a fun book to read, but I'm not sure Nijkamp intended that.  I loved that there was an autistic character, because characters with autism are really rare.  The trans and nonbinary representation was great, too.  The interactions between Molly, Finn, and Ever where great, and I love how Nijkamp explored all of the characters flaws.  And their game sounded super fun! The death traps, while rather silly, were fun to read.

However, this book has some major flaws.  First, some of the POVs sounded too similar.  Molly's was distinct, but Liva and Carter's often sounded similar.  This problem was worse between Finn and Ever.  I actually had to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to differentiate the two.  Second, figuring out the killer was way to easy.  You can guess before the group starts their game, and figuring it out after the death is trivial.  The killer's motivation for committing the crimes was rather non-sensical, and beating the killer felt too easy.

In short, if you are looking for a tense book that leaves you guessing who the killer is, this is not for you.  However, if you want to have a good time with the book version of an 80's slasher b-movie, Even When We Break is the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Transphobia, Self harm, Addiction, and Hate crime

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

longlost's review

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

wow the villain of this book is a real piece of shit huh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Ableism, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Transphobia