Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

45 reviews

hirsute's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Classism, Alcoholism, Cursing, Murder, Gun violence, and Alcohol

mousereader's review against another edition

2.0

Too misogynistic, patriarchal, and boring. There is infinite potential for a space opera and this one chose cops, guns, thugs, guns, rape, bombs, detectives, guns, prostitutes, guns... you get the picture.

I prefer my sci-fi to be as imaginative, adventurous, and action-packed as Brandon Sanderson's or as innovative, interesting, and intelligent as Becky Chambers'.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Gun violence, War, Alcoholism, Cursing, Police brutality, and Xenophobia

swordrager's review

dark sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Addiction, Confinement, Terminal illness, War, Child death, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Classism, Genocide, Excrement, Violence, Cancer, Gun violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Medical content, Gore, Abandonment, Self harm, Grief, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Deportation, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

rattledragons's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, Classism, Colonisation, Vomit, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Drug use

ruyanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Body horror, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, War, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Stalking, Infertility, Drug use, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Grief

buttercat42's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This book wasn’t fantastic and it wasn’t terrible. The world is really interesting but the authors got really bogged down in the technical description sometimes, and most of the characters were very flat. The only character with any depth was Miller, and he is so much the main character of the story that it seems wild in retrospect that only half of the book was from his perspective. I found sometimes that I felt left out of what was happening- an action would happen so suddenly that I would go back a few paragraphs, convinced I had missed something, but in fact there just hadn’t been any lead-in  that made sense. I’ll probably continue on with the series but not right away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, War, Body horror, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Medical content

bookstoashes's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, and Rape

rachaelbunny'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Body horror, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit, Gun violence, and Genocide

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Cancer

bkwrm1317's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

Medium-slow pace. Enjoyed the nature horror elements a lot but didn’t feel super invested in the characters/didn’t quite do it for me. 

Currently planning to try out books 2 and 3, but not thinking this is a series finisher for me, unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Vomit, War, and Medical content

mattiedancer's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

Writing: 2.75⭐️/5 

I read this after a Sanderson kick, so maybe I’m comparing apples to oranges, but if Sanderson is apples, these are tiny mouldy oranges left at the bottom of my lunch kit as a child. The first section of the novel, despite having the highest stakes possible, was hard to care about or believe in. From there, you’re met with a slog of exposition – telling and not showing, telling and not showing, and more telling and not showing – to the point that I felt exhausted. And, while I know one of the heights of sci-fi for some people revolve around its explanation of the science in the world, I couldn’t love the overexplanation of every little piece of technology. (Also, for a book in outer space, I really had to hear a lot about these two men’s balls. Please. Never again.) 

Characters: 2.75⭐️/5

I would love to give this a higher mark, but how do you have so many characters and so few female characters that stand out? They really felt like accessories to the men: ready to make them look good, ready to be set down when the moment wasn’t right for them, and ready to be picked back up to adorn them at the end. We also follow two men who, despite trying to do their best, are so concerned with playing hero that they felt a bit fake – and incredibly boring. 

Plot: 3⭐️/5 

Did I enjoy the parts of this plot dedicated to being sexist? Not particularly. Do I have to hand it to the authors for making a story I couldn’t quite predict? Maybe. I did enjoy parts of the plot and, at certain moments, I almost started to love it. Of course, it was usually in those moments that we resorted to sexist tropes, unnecessary exposition, and/or the defilement of a woman’s body. Is there something interesting happening in this novel? Most certainly. I’m just not certain I would recommend it based solely on that.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Fans of sci-fi who aren’t balked by a little sexism/misogyny 

Content Warnings? 

• Body horror, death, gore, grief, war, genocide, suicidal thoughts, rape, sexual assault, misogyny, sexism, murder, blood, injury, injury detail,

Post-Reading Rating:  3⭐️/5

I wanted more from it, and also so much less. 

Final Rating: 2.75⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping