Reviews tagging 'Violence'

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

30 reviews

vermithraxrose's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is quite a trip, some interesting concepts in it but I feel those concepts are never fully explained. Like stuff happens but you're not given much insight into how everything works. There's a lot of characters and so a lot of shifting points of view which can be hard to follow and connect at times, I felt that I had to sometimes go back and try to remember which character was who and there's kind of a mysterious narrator watching it all which made it a little more confusing. I think there's something philosophical in this book so if you're into existential questions, this might be a good book for you. The book does get quite dark towards the end, not my cup of tea but there is something very real and very raw in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

alsira98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

Minor: Xenophobia

samchase112's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Is it possible to rate a book like this?

Man, am I grateful the second book is already out and available for me to just jump straight into.

Read for a BookBub book club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

psychnp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Heavy and feels incomplete 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

swcatlover's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book is well written. I listened to the audiobook and couldn’t care less about any of the characters. Also *spoilers* had I know it was werewolves I would have never picked it. Same for the mass shooting. Talk about traumatic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

Parts of this was really intriguing other parts not so much. Didn't know this was a series but it is interesting enough that I would be down to read the next one if I can get the audio from my library. 
There are A LOT of characters and their own back stories along with the current roles in the main plot. It can get kind of confusing trying to remember who is who /what their life has been so far. 
There are some content/trigger warnings so make sure to check them all if you are sensitive to a variety of topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity

wordsareworlds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book was absolutely riveting. Loved how Turnbull played with PoV and brought so many different perspectives in on community, how we work together to make it, and how growth is not a one-and-done event. The breadth of characterization and focus on culture drew me in, and wanting to see how the seemingly separate threads would come together kept me hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Transphobia

megnut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Each thread of the story is interesting... but it's hard to follow and keep everything straight because there's so many. And that means the plot doesn't really seem like it can move forward much. 

It's a fascinating world, but I don't really feel like I got to see or experience it much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Police brutality

Minor: Domestic abuse

zachzakku's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

3.5

Caribbean-inspired fantasy, looking at monstrosity in society via actual "monsters."

Trans guy rep~! Poly rep~! 

Be advised it's the first in a series so don't expect a neat ending. Also there are tons of characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Transphobia

violerwolf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

While I enjoyed the concept and broader ideas explored in the book, including Turnbull’s iconic mosaic narratives, the prose fell a bit flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Dementia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Transphobia and Alcohol