Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

53 reviews

iamnita's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

This book is supposed to be a modern-day 'And Then There Were None' and it is. This was a fairly straight-forward read, in that the story carried along steadily. I didn't find any of it too shocking, though I found (especially our protagonists) reactions a little over-the-top. What I didn't care for was how 'dumb' all these girls were, and how the main message I was left with was: girls are unmotivated to stand on their own feet so they cling to men.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Violence, Drug abuse, Cursing, and Blood

chandranolynne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Gore, Grief, and Toxic friendship

taelights's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was such a slow burn and didn't even have that good of a payoff. Basically nothing happens other than relationship drama until the last 2 hours of the book. There were some slightly creepy moments I guess if you squint but honestly I felt this wasn't creepy at all and barely qualified as a thriller until the last hour of the audiobook but even then… 

The writing was good and it was interesting enough to listen to during work but if I had read the physical book I probably would have definitely dnf it. 

Also the whole twist of the story is built on a giant plot hole so…. yikes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism and Car accident

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, and Drug use

martamae77's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Cancer, and Abandonment

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I would have rated this higher had the ending been a little different. the motives of the ending didn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me but i didn’t hate it! it was a little predictable but i liked that it was still mysterious and tense so the predictability didn’t ruin the story. the atmosphere was amazing, the descriptions of every thing down to how the sun felt was absolutely beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the aesthetic of it. a thriller set in the sunlight and beauty of an island was so unnerving and i haven’t really read anything like it! i highly recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Violence

sosewalt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

veronicats's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I realized while reading this that I'm not a fan of non linear timelines and flashbacks. Tom a while to get into the meat of the story but once it got there it wasn't bad!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Vomit

rachjellie's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death of parent, Cursing, Violence, and Confinement

Minor: Alcoholism and Cannibalism

sampinter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This book was a wild ride to be sure. The adventure that Lux and her boyfriend Nico embark on has many twists and turns and the setting of Meroe Island definitely has the reader on edge. When two seemingly sweet but privileged girls offer to pay Nico to take them to a secluded island, he jumps at the chance but Lux is more hesitant. The characters were never what they seemed and that left me, as a reader, feeling unsettled and unsure who to trust (which was probably the goal of Hawkins). I found the plot propulsive and I read this very quickly but I felt like most of the action was jammed into the last 50-100 pages. I wish that there would have been more explanation or discovery in the story but, again, I feel that this was an intentional choice by the author. Thriller lovers will definitely be pulled in by the premise and setting, just be prepared to not feel completely satisfied with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood