Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

122 reviews

abby_can_read'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

3.0

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This was a quick read. I enjoyed it, but it's not my favorite book by Bayron. The characters were fun, the dialogue was a little cheesy, and the plot was predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia

ashareads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Blood

kaerene's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Oh this was so good. It’s been like a half hour since I finished it and I still can’t form a coherent thought about this book due to all the adrenaline that’s going through me from speed reading the second half of the book. 

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight is an amazing YA horror book that is a great homage to all of the amazing Final Girls from the classic horror movies. I highly recommend reading this. The scare factor is very real (I may or may not have screamed when my phone slipped off the couch. Lol.) and the face pace of the second act keeps you moving so fast that you don’t realize you are almost at the end of the book until you hit the title page for the epilogue. I did see one of the twists at the end before the main character did but didn’t see all of them and I loved being surprised at the bigger reveals. 10/10 Recommend! 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abandonment

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

adriapeters's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

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

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is a great take on the summer camp/slasher/final girl trope. The initial set-up is clever and not one I have seen before. The book does a great job building tension. If a book can have jump scares, this book has them. There is a mystery intertwined with the horror. I liked the resolution of the mystery. This main protagonist, Charity, is an appealing lead character. Her responses to the events in the book were realistic. The responses of the other characters were realistic also. I can't recommend this book highly enough for those who like the horror trope I described above. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

amandaboyer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

winter_loves_cookies's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Child death

kj468's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I picked the audio up for Halloween, wanting some queer slasher fun; I was excited about the premise: teens working at a slasher-simulation camp. The setting was cool, but was the best part of the book. I was left dissatisfied by the characters, the writing, and the main plot twist.

Specific thoughts:

• I liked the premise (a slasher set at a slasher-simulation camp) a lot. However, the slasher-simulation part ended much earlier in the book than I was expecting or hoping for, and the book very much became something different (a thriller set in the woods, with the camp playing a minor role)
• The writing was very detail-heavy, especially in the first 25%. I think it was ~setting the mood~ but I had a hard time telling what was important vs. what was just vibes & if I had been reading (instead of listening), I might have DNF’d. On the bright side, I could envision the setting very well -- unfortunately, it came at the cost of my attention to the plot.
• I didn’t like the main twist. Around 50% mark, the plot deviated from the traditional slasher I was expecting into something I didn’t like (
  a cult sacrificing people to a paranormal power
  ).
• For the most part, the people involved in the evil-doing were pretty predictable. There's a fine line in mysteries & horror, where as a reader, you want to be surprised by who's evil, but you also want to be able to look back and see the signs that were pointing to them. In this book, I was able to pick up every sign pointing towards the evil-doers as I was listening for the first time. So, when evil-doers were unveiled, I wasn't surprised at all -- even their most of their motives were pretty spelled out before the 'big reveal'.
• Mediocre characters - I didn’t feel much of a connection with any of the characters, even the MC. Outside of the MC, I feel like I knew very little (almost nothing) about any of them. Also a fine line in horror -- authors probably don't want readers to be too heartbroken when characters die, because that's what happens in horror -- but I really truly feel like I knew nothing about any of these characters. There was a bit of backstory about the MC, her girlfriend, and another character being lifelong friends, but it wasn't sustainable enough to make me feel like I knew much about the characters. Most of them rang hollow.
• The final chapter and epilogue were a good ending, though. As much as I wasn't thrilled about the major twist that happened around the 50% mark, I did feel like this ending was probably the best ending possible, given that twist.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, Gore, and Gun violence