Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Sinners Anonymous by Somme Sketcher

41 reviews

elisabethstre's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

i ate that shit up und war von anfang bis ende entertained, ABER

alle charaktere waren insane in their head. literally insane. allen voran rory und angelo, die beiden waren wirklich cray cray und in jedem kapitel habe ich mich gefragt, wieso sie tun, was sie tun???

rorys bird-puns (WHY WOULD YOU SAY „FLAMINGO“ instead of „fuck“ 😭) waren weird, aber nicht mal ansatzweise das schlimmste. her obsession with her „sins“ and „being a bad girl“ hat mich fertig gemacht. FERTIG GEMACHT. „angelo und ich sind dieselbe person, we are „bad people““ GIRL?!?!? er bringt 183764829293 leute pro tag random um und du hast mal an nem auto mit nem schlüssel gekratzt und in nen whiskey gespuckt, „THE DARKNESS INSIDE OF YOU“ is NOT the same!!!! RUN and DUCK FOR COVER!!!!!!!!

angelo war einfach nur unhinged. ngl he was hot, but what was bro even doing??

er spürt JEDEN MANN AUF, der rory jemals belästigt hat und bringt ihn um, aber als sein ekelhafter onkel sie besoffen vergewaltigen will, geht er weg (?????) und JAGT SEIN AUTO VOR WUT IN DIE LUFT SORRY WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS????

angelo wirklich pure insanity, seine SÄTZE, seine TATEN??

die ganze zeit EIN OVERPROTECTIVE MENACE, aber bei seiner hochzeit, bei der einfach alles sus ist „meine verstorbene mami sendet mir damit zeichen 🥺“

bro are you delulu in your mind 

als er random den typen erschossen hat, der seine mutter AUF AUFTRAG getötet hat, ohne mal zu fragen, was die hintergründe waren (take the gun away from this man) und rory das HOT fand (?), die beiden dann rumgemacht haben, nachdem er die klippe runterfiel??

„our darkness is the same“ NEIN YOUR INSANITY IS THE SAME, you both are literally crazy??

irgendwie haben sich die beiden aber auch verdient und dafür gibt es von mir 3 sterne. ich war entertained, geschockt von den handlungen (leider nicht von den eigentlichen plottwists) und würde die folgebücher evt auch lesen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

lokeylez's review against another edition

very very slow, i’m more into fast paced. plus im not really into age gap romances. i skipped ahead multiple times and it just never clicked with me. the characters made me feel gross.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Dementia, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, and Domestic abuse

ecravens's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Abandonment, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, War, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

samflowerv6's review against another edition

I held on long enough!!! Not for me. I just couldn’t bring myself to finish.  The whole storyline just made me so depressed and her swearing with bird words?? Just the love interest thought so poorly of her for the most part and her character made me sad in a way that ruined my experience reading this. Will not continue reading this series. All the situations in this book are distressing in some way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

bluestockings_read's review against another edition

dark slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Alcohol, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Dementia, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Dysphoria, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Bullying, Drug use, Confinement, Stalking, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Cancer

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Infidelity, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, Alcohol, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Bullying, Addiction, Physical abuse, Torture, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape

cathicks's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book, but the main character, Aurora “Rory”, would occasionally make me cringe with the things she said and her “bird curses” annoyed me to all hell. Other than that, I have no complaints 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood

jittersparks's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

britbrit29's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Sexual content, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Drug use, and Blood

nokvi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Second rating: 3
First rating: 2.75
I sat down and really pondered what to rate this book. The rating might change.... it might stay the same. Idk.

I did not particularly enjoy the first 60-70% of this book. It wasn't bad but idk I spent a good portion of it mentally telling Rory she's a victim and needs to somehow magically get out of her situation. 

The last 30% tho... ate that shit up like I get what the dark romance girls love . . . A Lil bit. 

I wanted to make this a 3 star so bad but like the handful of references that she's young enough to be his daughter, and other things did not sit right with me. 

Somehow Angelo is simultaneously a horrible man and yet no one is doing it like him.

This book did achieve something tho, the fact that I'm conflicted on how to rate is proof enough because it's not bad enough to deserve anything less than a 3 but it's not good enough to sit with my other 3 stars yk. 

I had a time in those last percentages so maybe I'll just rate that and give it a nice 2.75. . Maybe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment