Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

180 reviews

sydapel's review against another edition

dark informative tense 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? No

3.0

I was super looking forward to this being a unicorn amongst the list of thrillers I am always let down by. Unfortunately, either just because of hype or that this is really not a genre for me perhaps ever, I was pretty disappointed. I will say that the sister element of racism and gentrification is handled very well, and I had a couple of moments (as a white person living in a city that is increasingly gentrified) where I had to reexamine a lot of things I thought were true. The plot feels very realistic, but my issue is mainly that it took far too long (in my opinion) to get to it's point - aka the thriller stuff. Sydney and Theo also were not characters I felt myself really rooting for, mostly because it takes so much of the book for us to get to know them. 

TLDR - if you like mystery/thrillers and haven't checked this one out, do it! I, however will be loving in my historical romance bubble for a bit more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Alcohol, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Panic attacks/disorders

lesseraliterary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

when alyssa cole releases her next thriller… i will be there standing in line even for the hardcover 🤧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Racism, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Slavery, Drug use, and Drug abuse

reading_historical_romance's review against another edition

dark informative 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Police brutality, Violence, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Death of parent

doomluz's review against another edition

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

4.0

Great concept. Great sense of setting and the community of the neighborhood. It's kind of slow until the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Police brutality

Minor: Forced institutionalization

notartgarfunkel's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Domestic abuse

saraellenme's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Racism, Gun violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

leebeeloves's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Slavery, Classism, Police brutality, Racism, Alcohol, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

anniexx13's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The ending felt rushed and a bit ridiculous, especially because the plot up to this point was fairly gradual and realistic. It made the action at the end less authentic and hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Addiction, and Racism

asteinke's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was painful to read and contained so many cringy moments that were so unrealistic. It was such a slow moving book and nothing interesting happened until about 70% through the book. Interesting concept but it could have been executed way better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

d0505's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Racism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Police brutality