Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

14 reviews

kimapede's review

adventurous challenging funny hopeful tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Classism, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Infidelity

ashp's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Racial slurs

Moderate: Mental illness and Slavery

Hard truths are thoroughly explored in this novel. Rhine and Eddy are a fantastic couple. Eddy is also a fully realized character with ambition.

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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

Who knew a Jenkins character study could burn this slowly and this brightly? I loved the deep exploration of identity through Rhine, and Eddy is a wonderful female main character. Rhine’s choice to pass as white and the repercussions of that choice and later ones cut deeply throughout this book. As with most Jenkins we also get some detailed history lessons all in the setting of an old west town. The audio narration by Kim Staunton is absolutely worth a listen as well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Gun violence, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, War, Rape, and Child abuse

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, Death, Slavery, Gun violence, Grief, Classism, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, War, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

dreezy's review

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Gun violence

jrae_miller's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

1.5

Low spice, medium angst. A couple of good insults and one-liners, and generally relatable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual assault

Use of N-word.

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, and Death

crystalisreading's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

sydapel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Despite the lack of steam, I adored Eddy and Rhine's story. Like the previous Beverly Jenkins I read, this story is rooted in history, and she does such a good job of immersing you in it, while also showing both the good and the bad of post-Construction Western America. The community is really the heart of this story, how people come together to be good in all sorts of ways. I only wanted more!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Racism

Moderate: Murder, Slavery, Gun violence, Violence, Racial slurs, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis