Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

44 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

   This book is better for someone who is not familiar with the real-life cases the book is based on. 
     

I did not like the unclear nature of whether Ruth was killed by TB or Tina. The way that was done was confusing. Did she escape and then Tina killed her, as the confession made up, about someone else entirely? Or was it about Ruth?

      I did like the feminist telling of it. We do need true crime stories to be told more from the victim's angle than the perpetrators'. 
 
 Narrator's Rating: 4 stars
 The narrators were great! They did a great job with tonal shifts for different characters.

Extra ratings: Fluff - 0/5   Heartfelt- 5/5   Helpful -NA    Horror -05/5    Inspiration -NA    Love aka Romance- 3/5    Mystery -2/5    Predictability -3/5    Spice-1/5    Suspense - NA   Tear- 4/5   Thrill -3/5   Humor-0/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Gore and Gun violence

honeybeewitched87's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emmehooks's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence

danielcrogers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

la_lune's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• 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: Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

albon's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Abortion

imstephtacular's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

muddymind's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

This book showed me our monsters aren’t so scary after all 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Child death and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence

addythebookbat's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kelleywithanextrae's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia