Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

4 reviews

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Suicide, and Racism

hedyharper's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Car accident

chrisljm's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

 The premise sounded so intriguing to me at first, but I ended up not being invested in the story at all. I found it to have not enough story and the mystery a bit convoluted to follow along. 

 

Why was Angela even setting bombs? I understand why she made one for herself, but why did she bomb the two restaurants...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Medical content, and Self harm

twentyventi's review against another edition

I made it about halfway through this book, having loved the very cheesy TV movie as a kid. I loved the premise and I also was prepared to read a more simplistic mystery targeted towards kids, but it just all started slowly falling apart for me with one-dimensional characters and the writing style so erratic that it bordered on confusing even for an adult. I did not care about a single character.

Also the ableism in the book was incredibly off putting — I realize this book is old and so using outdated terms and attitudes, but it was just incredibly difficult to stomach.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Violence

Minor: Racism