Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

6 reviews

francisca_correia's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Infertility, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Terminal illness

amandadevoursbooks's review

tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is the first novella in a trilogy about molly southbourne. Every time Molly bleeds, her blood spawns a clone who then attempts to kill Molly. This is gritty, gory, and violent, and it takes place as Molly is growing up and heading off to school. I accidently read this one second. 

It is a hard book for me to give a rating on. I am glad I read it. It was well-written. I didn't find it deeply meaningful, and it asked more questions than it answered. BUT in the trilogy. It makes sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, and Murder

sarah984's review

dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I liked the premise enough to try out the next one, but I thought the actual story was a bit weak. The Russian stereotypes were silly and I thought the true nature of Molly's power was a bit over the top. The clinical writing style mostly worked for me but it made it harder to understand the character in some ways too. How much of all that was biological imperative?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, Self harm, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Excrement, Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infertility, and Pedophilia

kstericker's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

emmoore's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Self harm

pauliina_thebookaholicdreamer's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Body horror, and Blood