Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

45 reviews

leafy_literature's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Another ace from Hank. Can't believe I waited this long to read this duology!! I fell in love with each character, and was surprised by the many twists and turns. I highly recommend this book!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, and Hate crime

jerseynoonatic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-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? Yes

3.0

The best part of this book was when it was taking place in South Jersey (southern New Jersey, USA) because the author captured it so perfectly!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gun violence, Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, and Vomit

paigereitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

WOW. Wow, wow, wow. This was such an superb sequel. It did take me a bit to get fully into, but I think it's a slow burn kind of book - at least for me - and that didn't make it any less enjoyable. It is a damning indictment on the way we allow technology to control our lives more and more, and how we all have blindspots where attention and being liked or admired is considered. And it was also a story of hope, of how through connection and community, we can avoid destroying humanity. So good. So, so good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Colonisation

casira's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Violence and Gun violence

gabngo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racism, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

karly_ackley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Addiction

Moderate: Dysphoria, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

tiny_artificer's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit and Addiction

Minor: Gun violence and Racism

macareen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Gun violence

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

There were parts of this book that I didn’t find particularly engaging, but the themes were fascinating. I deeply enjoyed the topics that Green raised in the book, especially observations about what motivates people and how that affects how our society works. I appreciate the way Green makes his characters flawed, and how that isn’t always resolved in the ways that we want. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Addiction

Minor: Classism, Colonisation, and Grief

tiredcreature's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Very different from the first one; better.
Around the halfway point I realized it's a cyberpunk story, but honestly that should've been obvious from the very start, given it is About modern internet culture

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, and Body horror