Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Crimson River by Devney Perry

11 reviews

megbert581's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Loved the mystery, small town Montana setting, and continuation of the Eden family story. Could have done with more character development and a smidge less sex (it felt like this was most of their relationship and I just wanted more of the other elements). Still a very fast paced, enjoyable, formulaic/comfort romance read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Mass/school shootings

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Abandonment, Sexual content, Body horror, Grief, Violence, Cursing, and Drug abuse

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Child death

Minor: Drug abuse

kenziewol's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

apolen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

sdupont's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Devney Perry can do no wrong in The Edens series! This one has a particularly compelling story with the plot surrounding an attempted murder and previous crimes committed outside of Quincy. I really enjoyed reading about Lyla and Vance. It was nice seeing their relationship evolve into something deeper. It was clear Vance was a goner when he finally opened up about his life and family something he clearly had been bottling up inside for over 4 years. The suspenseful storyline did keep me guessing at different  points which I loved. I definitely recommend this book (and series). I’m excited to read the final book when it is released.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy

dxisymitch's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Grief, Child death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Addiction, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse and Medical content

giulia_acobac's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Lyla is my favorite Eden so I was excited to read her story. I enjoyed it overall and I thought it was good but I had some issues with it.

I honestly had zero expectations for this one after how disappointed I was with Jasper Vale and Garnet Flats. It’s probably why I enjoyed this one ( and yes I rated it 3 stars, for me 3 stars means good but not great and not my favorite) . 

I enjoyed the chemestry between Lyla and Vance , I thought they were great together. I liked seeing the interactions between the Edens as usual and I just enjoyed being inside Lyla’s head to be honest, I was really curious. What I didn’t like was this :  

 

there is a whole scene where Vince and Lyla talk about a shooting Vance was involved in. How the whole thing was portrayed really bothered me. He punched the guy that called him trigger happy after the whole thing. Like why was this whole storyline necessary? 🙁 

Plus I wasn’t really that comfortable with the fact that Cormac was really let go like that. What his wife did was despicable but she murdered her in cold blood and Vance and Lyla were like ok cool 😅

So yeah I enjoyed the romance and not the whole mystery .

I’m very excited about Mateo’s story! 

The best books in the series will forever be Indigo Ridge and Juniper Hill .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Grief and Gun violence

sarahsbookstacks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Copaganda had me queasy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcoholism