Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

3 reviews

zombiezami's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is what The Fault in Our Stars wishes it was

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Mental illness, Outing, Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Death, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual harassment, Grief, Classism, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, Colonisation, Addiction, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, and Slavery

lunar_lapis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

Still remains the most beautiful, emotional, heartbreaking and empowering book I've ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Slavery, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Drug abuse

otherworlds's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

a beautiful story that evoked such deep emotions in me and absolutely blew me away. i CANNOT recommend it enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Slavery