Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

49 reviews

ndd1227's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This book was so good! Loved the pace is the story, the problem and it kept me on my toes trying to figure out how they would solve it so so good! Want to read more from this author. Ikr really felt like watching an action-pact movie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Suicide, and War

maximahls's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Dementia, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, and Terminal illness

markandcover's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Mass/school shootings

powkaye's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.25

A detective tries to understand and stop a temporal anomaly that affects people’s memories.
A complicated read that can sometimes be repetitive but compelling narrative keeps you engaged. 
There are some dark, disturbing moments so be aware going in it’s not a book for kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

littlelort's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My favourite one! For me it's perfection.
I love love loooooooved everything about this and don't have any complaints whatsoever.
I even cried at the end. That's something I didn't expect from a book like this.
And woah, this felt like 5 books in one. At the end I was like "This all really happened in this one book?!" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, and Mass/school shootings

vicanarc_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

This is a time travelling book
I wanna make it clear because it wasn't clear for me and had I known I wouldn't have picked it up (I hate time travelling) .
It's a bit repetitive, and some dynamics i didnt quite understand, but  despite that, it was enjoyable.

If you want something that's a bit like Steins;Gate, that's the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

colleenward_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this book messed me up (4.5 rounded)
I had so many questions during the mid point of the book (probably bc BLAKE CROUCH)... but I loved that the ending felt ~complete~
I found the overall premise of this story to be super interesting! It felt very creative throughout, especially how things kept *almost* aligning but never quite making it. I would say to definitely experience this book in the way you best experience them (whether that be reading, listening, etc.), because there are some technical parts and explanations of the plot that can get confusing if you drift away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, and Dementia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Vomit

thebooklifeofemilyrose's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

What I liked:

• Multiple POVs
• Great character development—the Barry and Helena you meet in the first few pages isn’t nearly the same ones you encounter at the end.
• Fast paced with engaging writing
• The science aspect—I’m a huge science nerd and really enjoyed how there was an even balance of science and plot throughout.

What I didn’t like:

• Also the science aspect—at times I had to reread the same paragraphs a few times because I really wanted to make sense of the science Crouch was writing about. I’m not a physicist so who knows if anyone of it’s accurate, but I really wanted to be able to follow it and sometimes it felt a bit too dense (but it didn’t affect the plot).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence