Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

7 reviews

siduridavis's review against another edition

Just seemed so depressing. No redeeming characters. Felt like a miserable town full of miserable people. Also had trouble connecting all the stories and characters together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, and Gun violence

raybudbury's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

MinecraftOOF.mp3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, Death of parent, Body shaming, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Grief

kaylynfergusonstone's review against another edition

I’ll probably pick it back up at some point because it’s objectively good, but the sadness of life is too real rn lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, Death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Abortion, and Death of parent

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Grief, Pregnancy, Death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Islamophobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Infidelity, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Racism, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Child death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Cancer, Alcoholism, Dementia, Eating disorder, and Islamophobia

Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Antisemitism, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Drug use, Ableism, Death of parent, and Homophobia

imds's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Antisemitism and Islamophobia