Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

8 reviews

amybaird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Cursing, and Death of parent

erinquan's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

hunterhearn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

This is a very good book the first 3 or 4 chapters are not the rest of the book and can be very off-putting but the latter half is good for any dystopian or horror fan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Mass/school shootings

becks4books's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

chartingarwen's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

keen's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I probably shouldn't write a review so soon after reading this book. I'm high from emotions, but honestly, that's the motivation I need to write.

There's so much to compliment about this book. Lucy was a deeply relatable character to me during the whole journey. The feeling of being excluded because of your race, the way childhood trauma messes you up in ways no one can understand, your childhood being taken away by horrible event after horrible event, heartbreak, I could go on.

This is a rough book. It's not lighthearted at all. The jokes that keep everything from being depressingly bleak comes in the form of self-deprecating humor and dark comedy. There is body horror, mostly of humans, and psychological horror. Every page had me hoping things would get better, and time and time again I was reminded of the terrible situation the characters were put in. Don't go into this story unless you're ready for a tense, heartbreaking adventure.

And this tense, heartbreaking adventure was a fun ride to go on. I practically had my face pressed against my screen. By the end, I was nearly teary-eyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gore, Child death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape

willardfillmore's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Child death

ellalafontant's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism