Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

56 reviews

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Torture, Racism, Stalking, War, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, and Medical content

argrenier's review against another edition

dark fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

kingsteph's review against another edition

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Gun violence

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Incest, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Racism, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual content

laura_keoski's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Body horror, Blood, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Colonisation, Alcohol, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Gaslighting, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mfrisk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

White Horse is a book about family history, addiction, friendship, and growing up. It is not necessarily a horror/thriller book which will throw action at you from the very beginning but is more of a character study and slow build. I really enjoyed getting to learn about the characters and their motivations as I felt it was very important to the main characters journey to find her mom. To me it showed she needed the support of all those around her to face what occurred towards the end of the book. 

While there were some aspects I didn’t love such as Debby accepting Jake back into her life and the dismissiveness of his bad behavior I think at least leading up to that there is commentary around their relationship which shows how toxic it is. Otherwise loved where this story takes us and it’s discussion of tougher topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Death, Child death, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism and Forced institutionalization

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Colonisation, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, and Police brutality

onemamareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/white-horse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Addiction, Racism, Child abuse, Blood, Colonisation, Violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Body horror

aseaisme's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I wouldn’t consider this horror - this was more of a crime/thriller/family drama story. It could have been 30% shorter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

corncake's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

Less horror, more supernatural family drama. I enjoyed the protagonist - a gritty and messy individual with a soft heart for those she loves. And the story wasn’t bad, I just felt a bit bored while reading - probably cause I was expecting something a bit more scary and less domestic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cursing, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Domestic abuse