Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Off the Deep End by Lucinda Berry

40 reviews

chrisp189's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Mental illness

courta's review

dark slow-paced

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

0.25

This book was not for me. I found it creepy and uncomfortable. I skipped through most of it to the end to still know what happened at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Car accident

megsginell's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Difficult topic material. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Mass/school shootings

jilley28's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Gun violence

tams_storytime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Murder

annafirth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Mass/school shootings

a_coop's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

I didn’t absolutely hate this book but I didn’t really like it. I love Lucinda Berry books but this one was just…strange. There was a lot going on and it just felt like things escalated too quickly for some things. I would recommend one of her other books before I recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Murder

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

Uhhhhhh what the fuck lol. Twisty, a bit predictable, but overall a decent and entertaining read. Unfortunately some unnecessary fatphobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Self harm, Stalking, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

erinjaine's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

I really wanted to enjoy this more after reading other books by the author. This felt like too many things were going on, until it was a bit of a jumble at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Suicide attempt

readingwithjass's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, and Suicidal thoughts