Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Aftermath: Cutting Stone by LeVar Burton

5 reviews

agent_friday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Blood

kisea's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Broaches tough topics in a timely way though it was written decades ago. I would recommend to anyone fond of The Walking Dead. Perfect for anyone interested in reading fiction that is immersive and haunting because it feels real and almost could be. Very different from Handmaids Tale in the characters and plot but I enjoyed it in a similar way. For sure some trigger warnings listed below. Really enjoyed it!  Was amazed it's not more popular.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Death, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent

Most of the touchy topics are not written about in depth but

human trafficking

is reoccurring there is also descriptions of murder, as well as one or two (short) semi-graphic description of gore.

vjackso2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: War

kshertz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

3.5

After reading this as a like 3 page short story in Octavia’s brood, I wanted to get the full story. Plus I love Levar Burton. It was great as an audiobook to hear him read to me and there was a lot of special effects and mood music. It was a dark interesting story. He should revise it and re-release it. I think it would be huge. Fantastic sci fi read and it’s nice to hear levar’s prologue in the beginning updating on how he feels and views the world now compared to the world he built in the book. I enjoyed the whole adventure. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Torture, and Trafficking

lindseythelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.25

Interesting Worldbuilding? Check!
Interesting characters? Check!

Typos...? Check. 
Ending that left me less than satisfied? Check. 

Overall, it was a good story and I definitely think Burton has talent as a writer. I think he's a deep thinker and found his perspectives interesting. I think watching a show set in this post-apocalyptic earth world would be interesting as there are elements that strongly mirror our own, though the portrayal of indigenous people would probably need to be changed.

Anyway, I am definitely glad I read this book, but I stand by my rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking