Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

122 reviews

quercine's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have never read a horror novel that so perfectly captured the essence of horror movies. A love letter to the slasher genre, an evisceration of the slasher genre. It hits all the tropes just right but remixes them in the best ways. It was not at all what I thought it would be but it was so well written that I was ready for anywhere it took me. Charity’s voice is the perfect blend of sardonic and earnest. Character arcs don’t typically get a lot of focus in the horror genre, but I didn’t mind so much here because bare minimum most of the characters were fleshed out enough to at least make me mourn them when they met their ends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

ska1224's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

the twiiiiiiists 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

sar_lion's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.5

So good, I cared so much about all of the characters and what happened to them. The twists were so good, and writing made it so suspenseful. I could not stop reading it and now I want more. The ending was incredible, better than I could have imagined when I started reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Child death

mianou_h494's review

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death

lor_nia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence

suzylit's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I’m not really familiar with the slasher sub-genre but damn that was good! I really enjoyed the whole concept of the terror simulation. At first I was just expecting a random killer appearing from nowhere but I loved how the story eventually unfolded! 
The last pages really had me on the edge of my seat.

So many plot twists I couldn’t process 😱😱

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

typedtruths's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

my first five-star of the year! i devoured this

▷ Representation: Black sapphic protagonist; BIPOC & queer scs.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Child abuse, and Racism

➸ Trigger warnings for racism, child abandonment and neglect discussed, implied guardian with alcoholism, death of a friend and girlfriend (on- & off-page), graphic blood, injury and gore depiction including multiple dead bodies, murder and attempted murder by gun, axe, arrow and knife, hostage situation, physical assault, strangulation, cults, animal death & dead bodies, and grave desecration.

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Classism

automatic_rae's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

So much fun! Like my own personal slasher movie was playing in my mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

Usage of Antisemitic tropes; Brief domestic violence portrayed as comical in the beginning; Brief use of bioessentialist language to describe orientation