Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

8 reviews

_sydneydiaz's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I would give this book 10 stars if I could. The plot build up, the twists and turns were absolutely insane. Out of the three, this book was the most tense and I could not put it down. The end of the trilogy was written very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

cmfrendon's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual assault, Self harm, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

I reread the Mara Dyer trilogy on a whim, mostly because it was a series that I adored when I was twelve. While I did not enjoy the books nearly as much now as I did then, I still valued what the books did for me as an adolescent who faced some of the same things (though not nearly to as extreme of a degree) as Mara. While a mature perspective reveals the books to be more often than not a problematic romanticization of many kinds of mental illness and a fetishization of trauma, I come away with gratitude that Mara Dyer existed during a time when I did not have the emotional vocabulary to describe my experiences. 

Please mind the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Rape, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Gore, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility

rowanluvsbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i’ve absolutely fallen in love with this world and these characters, i wanna give them all huge hugs. 

this book in particular is my favorite of the series, the ending was amazing, and it was definitely a finger nail biter 😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Vomit, Murder, Medical trauma, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

236girls's review

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.25

and they will love each other to ruins!!!!! what a ride what a fun rag tag group of friends

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Death

laurenevlyn's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

I can’t even begin to describe how much I loved this series! Mara is a wonderfully written morally grey character, and her suffering pains me to my core and that’s how you know she’s well written. The little amount of Noah in this book is criminal, but I will excuse it because his small amount of scenes only made me live him more. I cried so hard for him, but mostly for Mara. Even writing this review is making me emotional haha.

the unfairness of her existence and her brief death had me practically sobbing. The letter from her grandmother though, that’s what broke me. “It isn’t your fault. It’s nothing you did.” I don’t know why but that just tore my heart into a million pieces.

Anyways, I loved this book. It was a bit slow in the middle but it was so worth it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Blood, Child death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Infertility, Cancer, Vomit, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism

m_a_r_i_a_m's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

It was my least fav book in this trilogy bc of the first few chapters and im not sure if im gonna read the noah shaw trilogy

i cried when mara was “going to die” and when noah “killed her but like honestly that is the best part in the book aside from the plot. The raw emotions were just 👌🏻.

but i loved the Indian girl pov and the plot 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

Minor: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

tayamarieh's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture