Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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70 reviews

aileron's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

Minor: Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, Racism, Classism, Ableism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

breeski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

I'm shocked over the bad reviews! I think the multiple POVs were done very well, I enjoyed the plot, and I really liked the characters. There were a lot in the beginning but it decreases pretty quickly.  I really enjoyed this book, I liked a fun take on this hide and seek classic children's game, and how so many of the characters stories connected.
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Books usually lose me when it introduces anything even slightly sci-fi/paranormal, but this was done in a way that it didn't take me out of the story or make me roll my eyes. The only thing I didn't enjoy were the journal entries. I think they were too conveniently revealing. I would have appreciated the older entires to be written in an older language because they all read the same no matter the year. But they were still interesting and added enough value that I don't want to detract it from my rating.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Racism

novaleestar's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Death, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Body horror, Torture, and Violence

jazhandz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

It was interesting reading this after Mister Magic and seeing the through-lines between them. This feels like a messier attempt at the themes that Mister Magic explores, but the premise and characters here are incredibly strong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Suicide, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Cancer, Classism, and Lesbophobia

hazychapters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

An interesting promise but that doesn't follow through: we finish this book with many questions and few answers. 
The characters are intriguing but most are erased and their backstory is not very well elaborated. 
This book is short in pages but a little long in pace: I would have liked more tension and suspense rather than long descriptions which, most of the time, don't add much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Sexism, and Racism

kassidyreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Ableism, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Sexism, Animal death, and Abandonment

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Exceptionally creepy and disturbing. This would make a really cool movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Racism, and Violence

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Child death, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Blood, Classism, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Animal death

sleepylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

mlewis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Classism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: War, Mass/school shootings, Child death, and Child abuse