Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis

49 reviews

gyascutus's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Everyone a hot mess out here. THE AUTHOR IS RLLY NICE AND PROVIDES A CONTENT WARNING DESCRIPTION AT THE BEGINNING bc it gets real hefty in the book.
I have a lot of grievances with

relationship between cora and kaveh. And the death of kaveh. Like damn. But it ended so nicely with his article?? I wanted to cry ???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Gore

Moderate: Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Islamophobia and Racism

libras's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Well, that was depressing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cursing, and Suicide

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Police brutality, Violence, Antisemitism, Death, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility and Fire/Fire injury

_doze_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Antisemitism, Self harm, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual violence

tomas_lw's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

A great sequel to Axiom's End. But be aware that this book is a lot darker and more depressing that the first book. The first book was emotional, for sure, but this one is absolutely soul crushingly sad at times. This isn't a critisism, but it's something that it's good to be aware of before starting the book.

That being said, this book is a great depiction of grief and loss, and it has some very well constructed parables about society and current events. It's a very cleverly constructed book and Ellis feels even more confident as a writer in this than the first one that was already a very strong debut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Xenophobia, Self harm, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Suicide, and Islamophobia

Minor: Body horror, Addiction, Abandonment, and Alcohol

moonspren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Grief, Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

ling_prof's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Addiction, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

Minor: Forced institutionalization

cfell's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Suicide, Police brutality, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Blood, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Genocide

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Gore

Minor: Blood and Confinement

softanimal's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Self harm, Grief, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Racism, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Torture, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Deportation, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, and Xenophobia

zarap's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism