Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

9 reviews

starsnstitchin's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, and Vomit

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

franklola's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

An absolute blast! This book is over the top and does it so well. I don’t read a lot of humorous books or superhero works, but this one popped right onto my favorites list. Nick’s gullibility and obliviousness is so extra but Klune pulls it off extremely well. I was constantly laughing and looking forward to the next antics. This book also represents ADHD and grief very well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, and Ableism

Minor: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Addiction, and Child abuse

glowingskies's review

adventurous funny lighthearted sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

megplant's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

stateofiction's review against another edition

medium-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

1.5

I cannot believe the ratings of this problematic trash. Even ignoring all the TJ Klune controversy, this alone holds enough to "cancel" him yet I haven't heard one person even mention the problems. I have nothing good to say about this book.

Issue #1: The casual use of the D slur written by a gay man, used by a gay man.

Issue #2: Abusive parent. Nick has ADHD, and his father's general response any time Nick had a singular emotion was to say "have you taken your meds?". He also believed privacy was a privilege and grounded without a time limit.

Issue #3: HEAVY COPAGANDA. This book has blue lives matter written all over it. Every few pages Nick would go on about how good cops are, then often within the same page, a cop would be a pig? In one specific example, Nick went off about how cops should be paid more (they should not), then the cop he was speaking to said he wished he could use his taser more freely. There are so many other instances like this as well.

Issue #4: Back to Nick's ADHD. Nick was constantly blaming being a bad friend and being selfish on "lol I have ADHD". How is that type of representation positive to young readers with ADHD? How is that positive for people without it wanting to learn?

This is one of the most damaging pieces of children's literature I have read published post 2000. I would not recommend this to anyone, and I question your judgement if you found no problems with it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Homophobia

alibader's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

I really, really wanted to enjoy this especially after reading The House in the Cerulean Sea. This book infuriated me almost all the way through.

What I enjoyed: (a short list)
1. Nick's cluelessness (until about the halfway point)
2. The romance (so cute!)
3. The overall premise (I wish I could say the same for the execution)
4. The ending.

What I did not enjoy:
1. The insensitivity towards police brutality and the character of Aaron Bell.
2. The camp - it took away from the story that could've been told and made it look like a bad parody.
3. The dialogue (teenagers do not talk like that)
4.

 The constant lying. It didn't make much sense when it was finally revealed and it took too long for Nick to find out the obvious that it really hindered my enjoyment. Also when he found out that Seth, Gibby and practically everyone he knows lied to him it's just.... his fault? And it's all okay?

5. The reveals (I'd like to think that these were intentionally obvious but that didn't make it any more fun - also it was super anti-climatic). The ending wrapped up way too quickly too. 
6. The "comedy". One of my biggest gripes with this book was that serious moments didn't make that much of an effect and instead served as "comedic relief" - it wasn't funny. 

This is my longest review yet but I truly did want to enjoy this queer superhero series but I was so disappointed. I may give the sequel a try in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia