Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Sovereign by April Daniels

4 reviews

novella42's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

Details on injury:

So. Many. Broken. Bones. I think there were technically fewer than the first book, but there were still a lot, and described with brutally evocative skill. I had to put the book down so many times. I'm glad I renewed my library loan long enough that I could wait for a time when my PTSD was already muted under dissociative stuff, or I wouldn't have been able to handle this.

Still worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Transphobia, Confinement, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Classism, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Gore, Murder, Police brutality, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Ableism, Car accident, Cursing, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Transphobia, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Medical content, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Hate crime

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

Rep: white transgender lesbian MC, sapphic Latina side character, genderqueer Iranian-American side character, AI side character fighting alcohol abuse.

CWs: Ableism/ableist slurs, alcohol consumption (including underage), alcohol abuse, blood, confinement, death, gun violence, injury/injury detail, kidnapping, misogyny, murder, physical abuse, sexism, torture, toxic relationship (parent/child), transphobia/transmisia, violence.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence