Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Wayward Pines - Paraíso by Blake Crouch

7 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Crouch is one of my favorite writers. Have loved every book I’ve read by him. This is the first one that scared me to the deepest parts of my brain on multiple levels. When it was made for TV, I was too scared to watch it, not knowing it was based on one of his books. Will certainly watch it now. And will immediately be reading book two!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

lukemorganartist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Car accident

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Confinement, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Xenophobia, War, Infidelity, and Car accident

markguitar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Very good book and I hope to get the sequel.  Crouch is an excellent writer.  At first, I thought I wouldn't bother going to the second book.  Fair warning...lots of very graphic violence, gore, torture.  If you don't have a stomach for that, I'd avoid it.  That almost made me want to stop.  However, the book leads to a payoff in the end...it does resolve, but it also makes me curious about what's coming next.  Not as good as Crouch's Incursion--which is outstanding--but still a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Violence, War, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Vomit

dayanitha's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Kidnapping, Body horror, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, and Infidelity

kelanor's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Gore

midwichtriffid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War