Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Poster Girl by Veronica Roth

18 reviews

brilee92's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual content, Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Violence

alienexpert's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

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

4.0

A decent dystopian novel with a common anti-tech theme. The characters and their backgrounds bring a realistic complexity to them, and knowing what is right or wrong. Roth’s writing felt a little odd to me, but it may also have been a cognitive choice to withhold small information from the reader to be revealed in a later chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, and Suicide

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Bullying, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Police brutality, Abandonment, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Violence

starrymess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Child death

unraveltapededgy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Violence

mariska's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Alcoholism, and Violence

honuzbubbles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, Suicide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

arantzazureads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was good but not amazing. It was thought-provoking and well-written; I definitely highlighted a lot of quotable passages! The sedate tone and style matched the protagonist’s personality which was also well-tied in with the plot and setting. It all hung together very skillfully. I really liked the ending. But the pace felt slow and reflective in a way that never got very exciting or emotionally personal for me so it took me a couple weeks to come back to it and finish it. Wasn’t a binging book for me (but that’s okay). I’d say read it if you’re interested in a story about the *aftermath* of what usually is the hot, exciting traditional dystopian tale (aka this author’s famous Divergent series). This is obviously a more mature writer and story which has its own pros and cons depending on the reader. But the setting and the way she handled the complexity and nuance of what happens to the poster child of a fascist regime after it toppled was well-done in my opinion. Definitely check content warnings though. I teach about these topics (fascism, propaganda, surveillance, censorship), and I’d recommend it if I worked with older high school or college kids. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, Grief, and Suicide

annamorgan27's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content