Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

20 reviews

chelseareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

 Some persistent sexist interaction and aggressive flirtation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Violence, and Animal death

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Gun violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

readingelli's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

eloise__'s review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Blood, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Child death

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-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: Sexual assault, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Child death, Pregnancy, Excrement, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

sassyshark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Stalking, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion and Ableism

lucyselim's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.25

I am so confused. The premise of historians and time travel sounded right up my street, which is why I gave this a go. However, I spent the first half of the book in literal agony about how bad the writing was and that the plot was not being executed fully. Ironically, I could not keep up with the jumping of time. One moment she had been at the institute a week and the next it had been years.
One of my biggest problems was the terrible writing, but also the treatment of female characters. The main character is a classic Mary Sue who has all the men at her feet despite being average at best. She immediately clashes with the other female character who also has red hair for no real reason. One of her 'friends' leaves the institute during their training and she is really upset about it, despite having never been seen speaking to her before. In short, I was ready to give up on this book. 

But sometime happened just after halfway through.

I believe it was when Leon reveals he is from the future

Suddenly the plot became interesting enough for me to want to continue. I actually even enjoyed the last 50 pages or so.

Overall, this book definitely needs some work, but having realised it is the authors first published novel, I can understand where the writing may fall down. I will be giving the next book a go, but only because my boyfriend already bought it for me. Otherwise, perhaps I would be giving this lengthy series a miss.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jesswp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Rape, Gun violence, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

gemin1reader's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

lefeer01's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I really, really enjoyed this read. The only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars is that any sense of time is ironically lost. At one point, it's announced that Max has been at St Mary's for five years, but it's incredibly confusing how/when that happened. I can understand this book being the lowest rated from the series, which only makes me excited to read more in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Violence, Gun violence, and Sexual content