Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

94 reviews

alisonvh's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The writing could be better, but the plot completely sucked me in. I devoured this book in just a few days when I was on vacation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Abandonment, Death, Stalking, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

bookishdaydreams's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Stalking

carolined314's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

Deeply miserable people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Police brutality, Bullying, Alcohol, Stalking, Death, Body shaming, and Sexual content

yvonnedelacruz's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Gun violence

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gun violence, Police brutality, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, War, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Medical content

lynxpardinus's review

dark informative mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

rainbowalcremie1995's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

sophmcgraw's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Death, Sexual content, and Murder

mayhem9683's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual harassment

hexedmaiden's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

3.5

This was one of those books where despite not liking either protagonist that much, the story itself kept me engaged and needing to know what was going to happen! Velvet might also have been my first noir book I’ve read and it has opened me up to trying more of this genre in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Torture, and Sexual content