Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

38 reviews

mariiieeeeeesa's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

Working animals, union busting

saltycoffee's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

thekeyescollection's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence and Murder

kphmitten's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Fun book that is unique to anything else I've read recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

mollyb13's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

I enjoyed John Scalzi's book, 'The Kaiju Preservation Society' last year, but what really made me pick this book up was the cover lol. And the book lived up to the cover! What an absolutely wild and fun ride that was! I was laughing out loud at the ridiculous scenarios but also completely invested in the plot. I loved the book length - 260ish pages meant that the story was boiled down to the best parts. The dolphins and cats were amazing. And I'm glad to know that villains have just as tough of a time with getting each other to unmute themselves on Zoom as the rest of us 😂 I will be recommending this book to all my friends and family during the upcoming holiday season!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness and Suicide

readerette's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

If you like cats, gentle humans, some morally gray characters, and examination of what makes a person villainous, you should read this. I laughed a bunch and felt a few tugs at my heartstrings.

Charlie was a little too good at speechifying given his other character traits and the plot twists were pretty transparent, but this is not a thriller; the twists are not the point. A great story and the perfect length. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship

ladythana's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, and Animal cruelty

booknerd_therapist'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars. Loved it except for the chapter leading up to the ending. :-\ 

Otherwise, was funny, lighthearted, imaginative, and full of cats. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

peggyt's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent and Terminal illness

geekmom's review against another edition

3.0

Honestly, this was fine and for better or worse had many of the elements that can be found in a typical Scalzi novel, but overall it didn't work for me. 
Also, the narration by Wil Wheaton absolutely did not work for me at all. I like Wil just fine, but have no idea what the producers / Wil / others involved in the production were thinking when the decision was made to have Wil overact and insert LOADS of emoting into every single phrase. Including phrases like, "Chapter seven". I could never forget that I was hearing Wil Wheaton read this book, and it took me out of the story and made me irritated enough that I turned it off several times. I felt like I would have enjoyed this book so much more if I'd just read the book instead of choosing the audio version. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Death of parent