Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

30 reviews

sassyykassie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Torture, Gun violence, Misogyny, War, Gaslighting, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexism and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence and Fire/Fire injury

mylittlebookcase's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Holy moly the themes in this book are dark and complex! Ness has really done a good job at highlighting how grey events can be even when they're clearly black and white at the same time too! A great book series for teens who are starting to notice the world around us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Rape

sleepygym's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Genocide, Torture, Violence, and War

jadarchive's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Drug use, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content

whitenoise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Violence, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: War, Misogyny, Slavery, and Medical content

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

This book was very good, but not as good as the first, in my opinion. Character voice/prose wasn't as strong, and some decisions felt out of character. However, the plot kept me engaged, and I absolutely loved the exploration of grey morals throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Sexism

Moderate: Slavery and War

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Vomit, Slavery, Medical content, Excrement, War, Abandonment, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, and Death

howard's review against another edition

4.0

This was DARK. One of the darkest YA if not just in general I've read in a long time. Really takes its time showing the horrors of war and police occupation. This is becoming one of my all time favorite series. It really dives deep into the complexities of the choices that we make.

Just like the first, it was a little long for my taste. It's also still bio-essentialist and I don't think it's going to address that. There are things (losses) I wished it lingered on more but I understand that during wartime you don't always get time to process your feelings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Genocide and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent

lizzieuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Xenophobia