Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Havoc at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

10 reviews

palebea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book is infuriating. Near the start of the book, the Havoc boys say how they are direct with their communication and yet, throughout the book they have been anything but direct. The communication between them all is so poor. One of the main plot conflict themes could very much be resolved if literally any single one of them communicated. 

Also, this is a RH and I'm not used to there being such possessiveness between the men in an RH. It was uncomfortable actually. 
I don't particularly like any of the boys in this either. Maybe Aaron? Oscar is just boring. The only redeeming quality is that surely their communication improves? I'm also not really seeing any grovelling any necessary apologies. Also, feel like I'm being set up for "unexpected" pregnancy. Hate this trope so much.

I love the potential this story has and so I'm going to try the next one and hope it's better because this didn't quite hit the mark for me. And I'm disappointed about it. 

Edit: DNF'd the series. I promise it doesn't get better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

kat1105's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

briannagriffin567's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child abuse, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

ecleapse's review

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

jojesweden's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

jess_sabal's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Murder, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

atinybitbookish's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture, Pedophilia, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, and Pregnancy

christy_0909's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

The only thing I didn't like is that this feels like the second book. These characters have a whole history that we know nothing about and is only explained in very small glimpses. I feel like it needs a prequel or something to bridge some gaps. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Cursing, and Bullying

Minor: Body horror, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

elenamarmiroli's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

Questo libro non è per tutti, in quanto si tratta di un bully romance in cui alcuni dei protagonisti, anche quelli che hanno diciassette anni, sono convinti in scene esplicite. La cosa positiva è che i protagonisti sembrano avere qualche anno in più di quanto hanno realmente. 

Inoltre, in questo libro è presente molta violenza, cosa che può disturbare alcuni lettori. 

Premesso ciò, ho trovato l'opera piacevole da leggere, ma non spettacolare, e inoltre avrei gradito vedere maggior comunicazione tra tutti i protagonisti. 

In aggiunta, devo ammettere che a tratti la scrittura risulta ripetitiva, ma la cosa non mi ha disturbato particolarmente, perché mi sembrava in parte sensata come cosa. 

Per quanto riguarda le scene esplicite, ce n'è un'unica veramente interessante, più o meno a metà libro da quanto mi ricordo. 

In aggiunta devo dire che nonostante sia categorizzato come reverse harem, al momento risulta esserlo in maniera molto limitata, cosa che può piacere o meno. Personalmente avrei preferito una spinta maggiore in quella direzione. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

ophelia_so_sad's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

vengeance. mystery. intensity. passion. it had all of these things. and like so many books before this one, it caught my attention because of that. love a badass woman protagonist surrounded by assholes who all deeply love her, but won't show it. i don't know why, but it gets me every time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Sexual content