Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

6 reviews

ababytapir's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Easy to read, an enjoyable sci fi adventure set on a new planet that doesn't make you think too hard, but does contain a sprinkling of ethics around cloning and colonisation. The main character is kinda dumb and I enjoyed that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Violence, War, Animal death, Medical trauma, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Torture, Dementia, Genocide, Self harm, and Terminal illness

araehop's review

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

kellyofcali's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun sci-fi read, I enjoyed the world and its history and the fact that while this had some small twists, it wasn't a full-on TWIST book but rather just a good story set within the confines and technology of another world. Excited to see the film!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Terminal illness, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, Blood, War, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

This book started out fun and the voice was great, but the focus lingered way too long on Mickey absolutely failing in every way to stay hidden and not long enough on the entire plot, which was basically shoved into the last 50 pages. The antagonists were interesting but barely described and the solution that works in the end is ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Blood, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Excrement

bookmark3brodi's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide, Death, and Gore

marareading's review

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

2.5

It is okay... But not in a traditional sci-fi sense of things. It is sarcastic. But it is more character driven, which is different. It isn't super action based. Very different for me for sci-fi. It felt like it was trying to be Andy Weir in a way, and didn't hit the mark. 

A guy who is an "expendable" is on his 7th iteration of himself and something goes wrong. The whole book is about that one mistake essentially. It didn't feel very high stakes. It wasn't bad at all, it just isn't high action or high intensity. 

It felt like a long conversation in space. Even when things with action did happen, the writing made it feel lack luster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Chronic illness