Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

5 reviews

simply_fran's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Drug use, Stalking, and Violence

kimveach's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

Another outstanding Inspector Armand Gamache book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, War, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Outing, Self harm, Death, Suicide attempt, and Violence

franklola's review

adventurous funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

laurenleigh's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I think this has been one of my favorites from the Inspector Gamache series! As always, Penny uses the murder mystery container to explore the human condition in such a gentle, eye-opening manner. The topic of this book was about power and those who abuse it. The group dynamics of students and how they can be molded by teachers (for good or bad) was thought provoking. The ending felt quite surprising to me. Though you should know I’m normally pretty bad at guessing the murderer! But I often don’t even stop to try; I like to just follow the story as an observer, rather than play detective myself. Definitely want to give a gun violence warning on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Bullying, Gore, Blood, and Murder

bretteashley's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Minor: War, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Grief