Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

14 reviews

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Oh Levana, you crazed delusional woman, how many lives you’ve ruined including your own bc of your own selfishness and childish crush. The way she could’ve turned out a normal princess had her parents actually given a fuck about her and had her own sister not set her on fire and scarred her for life (physically & emotionally.) If therapy was a thing on Luna TRUST that Levana should’ve been first at the door 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Classism, Death, Ableism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

“Here is what I think of love.” Is the last line of the book and I think it sums it up pretty well. 

When starting the book I was hoping that it would humanize Levana a little bit and make us like her more, but I was wrong. It was annoying because I feel that when you are reading about a villain you want to know what events led to them Losing their humanity, but it seemed Levana never had any. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Child death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: War, Sexual content, Bullying, Gore, and Pandemic/Epidemic

marenm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.25

it was interesting to see more about levanas background, but this book was very disturbing. while her actions fit her character and the evilness, it’s very reflective of right and wrong and the messiness of politics into a novella. the only reason it’s rated so low for me is that i couldn’t stand listening to levanas monologue and how terrible of a person she was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child death, Torture, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Violence

psliz's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i hate elara with a burning passion and reading her backstory (which was really interesting and heartbreaking) makes me hate her more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

taylorleilani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Infertility, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Murder

tiziana612's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

janaya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I’m giving it 4 stars because, for the sake the series, I thought it was a well-done book. It gave us information we needed and we could really see the development of Levana from who she was to who she became. But I didn’t actually like it… it was kind of hard to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence and Murder

emma_zaruhi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

reseña conjunta con zahi 🌙

dos cosas 
1. levana
2. te odio (lpqtrp morite) 

el libro está bueni pero esta señora me violenta y ojalá se caiga desde un séptimo piso, la atropelle un camión y por la velocidad se prenda fuego porque está traumada con el fuego y quiero que se queme viva 🌝

winter fetin amo, no se que te pasó que te volviste loca en cress

me rehúso a pensar que channary sea la mamá de cinder. es adoptada o algún cachivache lunar. no puede ser. 

</spoiler\> Evret y Solstice merecían un futuro juntos. levana te odio por arruinarlo. ojalá que se encuentren en el cielo y vivan juntos en una cabañita cute </spoiler\> 

al principio levana me daba pena pero después ya no. morite vieja.  
cuando se muere voy a hacer una fiesta con globos de colores y una fogata porque odia el fuego juju ❤

en conclusión levana =  psicópata de mierda 
:) 

(igual léanlo porque esta bueno el libro)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Murder, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wonderful novella. It’s great to see Levana’s backstory. I loved that Meyer made us understand Levana but not truly accept her. Amazing depiction of the effects of severe childhood trauma on how children grow. I really appreciated the subtle references to previous books too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gun violence, War, Infidelity, and Medical content

ironicallyella's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book gave me first, second, and third hand embarrassment and despair, 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury