Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Skyhunter by Marie Lu

13 reviews

soulpromise's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Physical abuse

pelb's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn’t it for me. I’m a huge attack on titan fan, so I thought this book would be great since it’s an similar premise. Unfortunately it’s a little too similar in some aspects. This is like if attack on titan was a book, and it was way more boring and predictable. The plot was interesting but as I said, unoriginal, which I would have been able to get past if the characters were better. Sadly, the characters were my biggest problem with this book. They were so one dimensional and bland that I didn’t even care what happened to them. I couldn’t connect with them at all which made the story uninteresting. They all had literally no individual personalities, which was very disappointing. There were definitely good aspects of this book, like the prose was very beautiful and it had great diversity and representation. But overall, to me it’s flaws out way the positives, so I wouldn’t recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, War, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

artmuseam's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

currently struggling to find the right words to describe this breathtaking,  action-packed story. i’ve always been a fan of marie lu’s works and how they keep you reading until you’ve reached the end of the novel. i was introduced to a world that made me fall in love with all the characters and the ways they worked together to fight against monsters that i pitied rather than hated. this book kept me at the edge of my seat until the very end and i can’t wait to start the next one! 10/10 recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Death, Classism, and Cursing

daretodream03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, War, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Torture, Vomit, and Physical abuse

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

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

4.0

This was SO GOOD! Perhaps the best prologue I’ve ever read? When I got home from work after starting it, I had to read the prologue to my mom because it was so perfect. And the story didn’t ever lag from there. It was unique and completely captivating. The Ghosts remind me of a mix between the monsters from The Last of Us and Game of Thrones 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

jennaem27's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Child abuse and Bullying

vaniavela's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War, and Racism

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

heidibooks's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? No

4.0

Would you do everything in your power to fight for your nation? I truly feel for Tamlin and her internal struggles throughout this book. I love how she was able to use sign language as a strength. Marie Lu did a beautiful job at writing this book. I cared for the characters and enjoyed getting an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses in ways that I did not anticipate.

There are so many similarities to our current world to the one Marie created. There's always someone in power who wants more and will do anything at all costs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Classism, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

emdashenthusiast's review against another edition

I could not get through this book. The idea was very interesting, but everything was way to coincidental, even for a YA book. The science of things didn’t make any sense and things kept being repeated two or three times like the reader isn’t trusted to understand what was said a paragraph earlier.

when Talin and Red formed their bond i was incredibly disappointed by the lazy work around for the communication barrier between them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, War, and Violence

anaguana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Ableism, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, and Gun violence