Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

80 reviews

goldenas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Cannibalism

regen20's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racial slurs and Pregnancy

bookdragon217's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Gore, and Grief

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Deportation

Minor: Misogyny, Transphobia, and Outing

lancakes's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness

meliroo's review against another edition

dark

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

wai's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Transphobia

scwilliams's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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 beginning grabbed my attention and held my interest, but the middle is where the story wavers for me, and the climatic fight didn't feel as emotionally jarring as other scenes. It reminded me a lot of "Razerblade Tears" by S. A. Crosby. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Transphobia

greyemk's review against another edition

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No

3.75

I’m not really sure how to rate this?

I’ve never read a book like this, but I also don’t really read this genre.

Parts of this book were disgusting, dark, horrible scenes that I hope I will forget. But I didn’t find them excessive for the book. I found the world and the plot gripping and once I got started I wanted to finish.

I think my biggest gripe is that the character, plot, and worldbuilding didn’t feel cohesive. There wasn’t an emotional arc here to connect to. Mario starts off sad and angry and gets sadder and angrier, but his reflections on his situation stay in his head and don’t really connect to the broader story except in obvious ways. I wanted some more synergy in theme, or some progress towards an understanding, or something. Even a bleak book like this can build nuanced layers of bleakness.

I appreciated the commentary on border life and the political situation, though at times it was heavy handed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail