Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

13 reviews

snazzy10101's review against another edition

5.0

i have only praise for this book. 

it is perfect. 
no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, Blood, War, Trafficking, Gore, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, and Deportation

Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

sierrabowers's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

2.5

I only read this book the entire way through because it was assigned for my book club. I would have DNF’d about 30 pages in if I could have. I think this book did have some good qualities, such as the observations made about humans and our relationship to living creatures on Earth other than ourselves. I also think it asked interesting questions about consciousness, and whether or not in the future, we should consider androids as conscious. But overall, this book was way over my head and I understood almost none of it. The ending was hopeful but it didn’t give me any satisfaction. I would not recommend unless you love science and can understand VERY complex plots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Deportation, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Classism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Self harm, Trafficking, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

spiralbound89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Trafficking, Confinement, Murder, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty

tlholiday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

pvp_niki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Suicide, Child death, and War

devermismysteris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Confinement, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lilaceous's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

characters - ⭐️

plot - .5⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend - ⭐️

would read again - ⭐️

a fascinating interrogation of what it means to be conscious. there were so many thing about this book that i loved-the octopuses themselves, the writing style, the ai, and the philosophical but accesible nature of the story. is the climax/ending rushed and deeply unsatisfying? yes. would i recommend this book anyway? yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Slavery

saragwen's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

A complex and often-depressing story of isolation, community, and what it means to be a part of the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

miniingrid's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Animal death, Violence, Confinement, and Trafficking

Minor: War

boglord's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Medical content, Suicide, and Deportation

Minor: Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, Genocide, and Panic attacks/disorders