Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

49 reviews

rebecca_bluedragonskeep_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

the end is ugh lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, War, Gun violence, Car accident, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Violence, and Toxic friendship

katschkekat's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

hgunsch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

Minor: Stalking, Rape, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, and Medical trauma

katiesbeengone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Dementia

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Blood, Grief, Violence, Child death, Cursing, and Self harm

Minor: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Addiction

ncm5228's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-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

If you like the movie Inception, this book is for you!  One of the best I’ve read in a while. At the same time, be aware of the content warnings- it is definitely not a light read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Self harm, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Violence, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Dementia, Drug use, and Blood

While lots of horrific things mentioned in the content warnings do occur, it is not the main focus of the book at all, so unless the mention of certain things is especially triggering to you, don’t let the content warnings fully dissuade you from reading the book!

mar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense 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? Yes

3.75

very readable sci-fi thriller :]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, Grief, Gore, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Gun violence, and Car accident

Minor: Mass/school shootings

moonshinemoxie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I read this basically obsessively over two days. This is similar to the last Crouch book I read, Dark Matter, but this one was much better. Heavy emotional hitter that I will be chewing on for a long time. Very tense ending, the last 100 pages I literally could not stop reading, and it's probably going to take me a while to calm down and sleep. Lots of dark content in this book, and only a little hope. Great concepts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, War, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content

literary_bug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this was by far the most stressful book i have ever read, absolutely mind ending and thrilling but by the end i was relieved to finish it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Self harm, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Death, Police brutality, War, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

efratmaor's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

With all the hype, I was still happily surprised how good this book is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and War

Minor: Dementia, Drug use, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide, Medical content, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Grief, Genocide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent