Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

44 reviews

booksteader's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

raaachoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

there’s so much i loved about this! the character relationships were so warm and palpable, i really appreciated seeing the interactions and conversations, especially the tender little moments they’d share!  i’m not left with many questions and honestly i can say i’m happy with the story in a way i didn’t expect! so much of this reminds me of other stories like pedro paramo and nope. i also just love this writer’s voice in general :)

with carlotta and francisco it was sad to not see them more because i was interested in their connection to everything or more about what they know. i guess for plot purposes they served to be the first to not see elizabeth as a monster, but i wish they could have had a bit more! idk how but somehow!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

emilybohannan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Gun violence

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ahhhreadzombiez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mtnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• 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? No

4.0

Adelaide settles in the small town of Big Sandy, MT with a concealed “demon”. Her custodial burden is both a blessing and a curse as she encounters new characters. I liked the blending of history and horror, but the demon’s origin reveal underwhelmed me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious medium-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

4.0

I'd heard of this book before, and once it was recommended to me by a friend I decided to give it a go.

I really enjoyed the themes of this story, the "casual" diversity (not bending over backwards to fit diverse characters in and not sacrificing their humanity for their identity aka tokenizing them), the character depth, and more. I loved the setting, both time and place. I think the 1910s need more attention in a world of historical fiction that focuses so heavily on the WWII era.

The plot was a little scattered I think, maybe it was more difficult for me to keep track of everything because I was listening on audio. It seemed like the depth of some elements of the plot was sacrificed for the sake of breadth, and the author's attempt at trying to give every character a backstory left me with some questions about the more main characters' motivations. The author did pretty well weaving together all the loose ends, but it took a little while to get there.

If you like a bit of horror, don't mind gore, and need your characters (even the monsters) to be deeply humanized, this is a book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, and Death of parent

adiajamille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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

I really liked this! 

Ominous build-up, creature horror, found family, realistic portrayals of racial dynamics on the “frontier”, heartwarming ending; the author put it all in here without it feeling too jumbled or heavy. 

will definitely be reading more by this author; the prose was lovely!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation