Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

38 reviews

jasminehere's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

achay91's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Stalking, Suicide, and Car accident

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is every bit as much fun as the rest of Scalzi’s work. He’s one of the few writers who can make me LOL while reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Bullying, Abandonment, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Cursing

_scully_'s review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Cursing

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Terminal illness

thereadinghammock's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-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

5.0

A wild ride filled with top tier millennial humor. Charlie was so, so relatable in his "wait... what now?" moments. He really rolled with curveball after curveball, taking familial villainous revelations, spy cats, cetation labor relations, and Caribbean volcano lairs in stride as each new wild layer of his uncle's business empire was revealed. The humor through the whole book kept me laughing constantly and reading passages to my partner and my friends at every opportunity. The Zoom meeting from hell was particularly inspired. I think I was crying laughing by the end of that chapter.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Misogyny, Cancer, and Gaslighting

soph_e_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Car accident and War

jeedmonds's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

It was cute and fun. It was a bit predictable and wrapped up a little too quickly/easily, but I enjoyed it. It was quirky and engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, and Death

ryanadams's review

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Animal cruelty, and Violence

christine_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death