Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

95 reviews

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book is good in the same way that reality TV is good, or in the same way that eating an entire bowl of candy is good. You have a good time while you're experiencing it, but when you're done, you're like - wtf? This book was wild in good ways and bad ways. I don't even know how to talk about this book without giving away spoilers, so I'm leaving it at that. That, and - this book serves as a perfect reminder that if you take medication and you haven't taken it yet today, make sure you take it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, Gaslighting, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug abuse and Cancer

Minor: Fatphobia

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A super quick read! This one had me hooked and I loved the twist/big reveal for the storyline. The epilogue is a little weird, but I guess it ties in to the main character's personality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, and Suicide

tays_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, Gun violence, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Cancer, and Stalking

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Car accident, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

greatestheights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

If I had to hear the words "movie in my mind" one more time, I s2g.

I wanted to like Charlie. I wanted to like this plot. I wanted so many, many things, namely for Charlie to get out of the goddamn car and/or take ANY of the numerous opportunities she had to get tf away from this terrible situation. I thought I was going to lose my mind when a cop was literally RIGHT THERE and she still willingly GOT BACK IN THE CAR WITH A DUDE SHE THOUGHT WAS A VICIOIS SERIAL KILLER.

Also, we need to talk about how bad Sager is at writing women and mental illness. Just
stop, buddy. After The Last Time I Lied and now this, I think I'm solidly done with this author. 

Alllll of that said, I devoured the book in less than 24 hours, so props to Sager and the audibook narrator. I also was genuinely surprised with one twist and pleased with myself that I guessed the second. Is it weird that I enjoyed listening to this book and simultaneously hated it? Probably, and that's why I gave it an extra star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Terminal illness

morganhill121's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

letter2self's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Car accident, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Self harm, Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide attempt

abbiemreads's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

2.0

A fail on the trope of unreliable narrator, the ending undermines the entire thing and made me frustrated
I liked the tense parts but honestly saw the twists coming and it felt like adding in the other perspectives from Charlie’s was because the author didn’t trust their readers to understand what was happening 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Suicide, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

isgbv's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Murder, and Torture

karamelka_kar19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

I heard so many negative things about this book, but I really enjoyed this one. It had a steady pace, although really slow for a triller. I liked the discussions of victim-blaming and gaslight, the story was written with great compassion and care. 

There are many plot holes, characters did some stupid (and weirdly realistic) things, but they're kind of made sense as the wholе book is a bit ridiculous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Gaslighting, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Car accident