Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

8 reviews

bookwyrm242's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Self harm, Suicide, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Racism

Minor: Bullying and Cursing

britharrington's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

The focus of the books were multiple characters is different time periods. At time, it could be confusing but overall a pretty good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mental illness

maresuju's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Mental illness, Death, Ableism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cancer, Eating disorder, Animal death, Blood, and Pregnancy

oceanic_rabbit's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my absolute favourite books of all time! Characters are vibrant and the plot is riveting and full with twists, turns, tidbits and clues to keep you interested. Plus a little women in STEM and some light WLW rep to just up the ante a little more!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

cheye13's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, Infidelity, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Stalking, and Violence

Many mental illnesses are mentioned or alluded to, but the specific illnesses of main characters are PTSD and Bipolar Disorder

aardwyrm's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The mystery, worldbuilding, and conceit carry the book to great heights of technical accomplishment. You never figure anything out until a moment before the characters do, but it always makes sense when you get there. The characters themselves are deeply strange, but they're supposed to be.

Dialogue is rather strangely arranged, with paragraph breaks in all the wrong places. Stylistically, this works to make the act of reading a sort of constant time travel itself. You're forever tracking back and forth to figure out who's talking. While it works on a meta level, the affectation does make reading kind of a weird mechanical experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Ableism

astronut's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gun violence and Eating disorder

scribblethekat's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This is such a fantastic book! It features a diverse cast of queer characters, includes a non-linear plot, features time travel done in a smart way that looks at the class implications of time travel in this world, and focuses on female scientists! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence