Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

7 reviews

badbadwolf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Grief, Colonisation, Genocide, Alcohol, Confinement, Suicide, Death, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and War

mar's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

okay. so. the second half of this? perfectly good scifi! the first half of this? i guess the author forgot women are people in between books or something, because the way they're described and treated in this book - especially everything about the garbage fire that is the imaginary girlfriend (turned fridged wife) subplot - makes it near unreadable. 

christ.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Death, Car accident, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Suicide

nsn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

epic but translated work makes it hard to appreciate and get through. it proceeds from one scene to another clunkily, sometime abruptly plowing through plot points, other times indulging in chunks of dreamy observations, science and philosophies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, Cancer, and Suicide

shermansays's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War, Death, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Genocide, Suicide, Gun violence, Sexism, and Medical content

tree_branch's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

actualophelia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

For a book whose story I feel like I understand so little, it really manages to hit something. Not sure what my emotional reaction is, but it's sure something! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Medical content, and Terminal illness

spawnrespawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident