Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

49 reviews

bookalook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A fascinating story that revolves around humanity, technology, and exploring what we are all capable of. Slightly too rushed in the beginning and too long in the end, but overall an enjoyable, worthwhile read that is both entertaining and will stick with you after you're done. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, and War

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Dementia, and Death of parent

paperback_whiplash's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, and Child death

jmarierva's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible. One of the best sci fi books I’ve ever read! All based in our current reality and on this planet. Explores human influence on our reality through technology. Can’t recommend it enough! Will absolutely read more Blake Crouch!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, and War

Minor: Mass/school shootings

mzynda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, Dementia, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

booktribe's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I spent close to 80% of this book loving it. The pacing was great, there was action, and intriguing scientific discussions. It was everything I love in sci-fi thrillers and I was enjoying it more than Dark Matter. It was going to be a 5 star read. But that last like 20% of this novel was so freaking repetitive and boring that I’m so disappointed. Why why why did I need that long ass final chapter of them doing the same thing over and over??? The same thing happened at least 7 times and I just became so frustrated with the repetitiveness of the ending that I didn’t even wanna finish the book. But I did, and no the ending did not get better. 

I won’t discourage people from reading this, but I also won’t encourage anyone to read it either because there was no pay off for me. I wish I had continued to love this book and I’m so hurt that it was ruined for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Suicide

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Self harm, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Car accident, Dementia, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Stalking, War, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Cursing

kmayatte's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, War, Blood, Dementia, Gore, Grief, and Murder

darlin_lazlo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Kidnapping and Mass/school shootings

readerk8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

Wow! Amazing story! I really enjoyed it. I listened to the audiobook version. After a certain point I didn’t want to stop listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Death, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Blood, and Mass/school shootings