Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny

2 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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

Wow!  An outstanding post-pandemic book.  The author wrote a profoundly human story involving legal, moral, and emotional elements of how society cares for our most vulnerable people.  It was difficult for me to have the book end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Medical content, Confinement, Sexism, Slavery, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Dysphoria, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Outing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, War, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Blood, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Torture

ptaradactyl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The big reveal happened, then happened again, then twisted, was overthought and untwisted and discussed even more. The concept was interesting and chilling. The intersections of characters were interesting and chilling and convenient. 

I thought I reached the end of the ebook about 2 times before I finally did. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, and Torture