Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

56 reviews

sabinehunter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

breadbees's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Confinement, and Self harm

courtnoodles's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

5.0

THIS is what I wanted Carry On to be. Big and silly, dumb and fun, not too serious, but all heart. And hella gay.

Whoever said this was disappointing didn't read the same book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Police brutality

Minor: Stalking and Body horror

kadtide's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Animal death

Moderate: Eating disorder and Gun violence

a_islandcriptid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Violence

quasinaut's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

A nice look at what comes next, with some good character development for Penelope, but not really for Simon or Baz. Also, vampires!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death and Kidnapping

merelthelen's review against another edition

3.0

Very realistic in the sense that none of the male characters know how to talk about their feelings and deal with them in a healthy way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Gun violence

alexiab's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I think this book suffered a bit from sequel-itis, overall it felt like filler and the main conflict with the Next Blood didn't feel fleshed out, and while I really enjoyed the characters inner conflicts and how they're processing who they are, that *also* didn't feel super fleshed out and kinda leaves the reader hanging. I think the "middle in the trilogy" vibe being too strong was my main issue, the book was mostly build up both internally and externally for the characters journeys, but then kinda doesn't go anywhere substantial.  I'm sure this will all come together nicely in the last book and I won't have any complaints, but I was surprised when there just wasn't... *more* to this book.

Oh well. Still love my babies Simon and Baz. Penelope is a doll. Agatha is an annoying wench. Fingers crossed this goes somewhere freakin GOOD in the last book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

eyescanbecruel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

jc_wb's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

A great follow up to Carry On. I was getting close to the end of the book and worried it would end on a cliffhanger without resolving the story. 

It did resolve the story but still ended on a cliffhanger. Onto book 3...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Kidnapping