Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

46 reviews

cskye's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

Starts off a bit slow, but the tension ramps up until it's running at break-neck pace by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Cursing, Blood, Colonisation, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Confinement, Police brutality, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, and War

cloud_of_eden's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Colonisation and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol

ktkeps's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Death, and Medical trauma

cryinginasexual's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved it!! The characters are immediately very likeable and the focus on cultural differences through a mainly linguistic lens was super interesting. The ending felt satisfying and I’m excited to read the sequel!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Grief

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Police brutality, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Medical content, War, Xenophobia, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Cursing

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation, Blood, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Police brutality, War, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

pvbobrien's review against another edition

mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, and War

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Suicide, and Police brutality

Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Violence, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Blood

acemummerz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Murder, Police brutality, Colonisation, Death, and War

paperbackstacks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence