Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

No soy yo by Tillie Cole

23 reviews

hilary89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This was super dark and I loved it. Even though the misogynistic language sometimes made me cringe, it suited the characters perfectly. The sex slave cult was a bit over the top and definitely disturbing, but seeing the atrocities that Mae had endured made her character arc all the stronger. 

In the real world I would hope Mae would get therapy and not trade one horrific cult for a cult of another type (which let’s be real, gangs and MCs basically are like cults). But in fiction, I just ate up Styx and Mae’s fated relationship. I know this series is controversial, but I plan to read through it to make my own assessment. So far, book one starts really strong to me. 

Also the audiobook narrators were phenomenal, perfectly capturing the unique accents and cadence of the characters. I’ve downloaded PDF files of the following books to read on my kindle, but I might just continue with the audiobooks if they’re as well performed as this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Confinement, Misogyny, Gun violence, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder

corners_of_cozy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

the story and premise were a 10/10 for me, but the execution of it/actual writing were a 5 or 6/10. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

alexgonzale0700's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism

anovelglimpse's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Dark, twisted, gritty, boundary pushing, and yet, somehow, it's somewhat romantic. Oh, and addictive. I wouldn't say I loved everything that went on at all times. The cult stuff was sad and creepy. The MC was violent and Styx's interactions with OW sometimes bothered me. Despite that, I was drawn to the characters and wanted good things for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Grief, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

marlydawn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

lizcrg's review against another edition

1.0

 it’s a dark book that is full of terribly written characters and an even worse plot line. Could not finish and won’t be going back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Cursing, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Grief, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

joxeia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.5

Wow. I wasn’t sure about this book, but it wasn’t that bad. I’m pretty sure I skimmed the last 6 chapters bc I want to read Rider’s book. It was ok, some grammar errors, good plot; did not like the excessive “bitch” 😭 i understand thats “biker slang” but damn.  spicy scenes were ok, ive read better on wattpad. But yea, definitely worth it to continue reading the series

why is it that i always like the villain more than the MMC??? like, they brought up Rider, medic, exsoldier, AND I JUST WANTED HER TO BE WITH RIDER 😭😭😭

it has dual POV!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Confinement

its a really really really dark romance with very detailed scenes of torture and sexual abuse!!!

buriedinbooks91's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Rape

laurenbcorwin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

mariah_reads85's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Rape