Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Removed by Brandon Hobson

16 reviews

trailmixraisins's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Genocide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Dementia, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

beaubaggins's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Dementia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Dementia, Addiction, Child death, and Police brutality

mbmayo's review

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is told from multiple perspectives. I was moved by Maria's perspective of losing family to violence, drug addiction and illness. While Edgar's storyline became bizarre and the metaphors presented were quite overt, I still felt compelled by his story. The interjections from the spirit, Tsala, helped me step into a world filled with spirits. I found myself annoyed and confused by Sonya's story line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Death, Addiction, Dementia, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Stalking, Colonisation, Drug use, Grief, Genocide, and Violence

Minor: Confinement and Racism

litliz's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Body horror, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Murder, Animal cruelty, Violence, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Police brutality, and Racism

ktdakotareads's review

emotional informative reflective medium-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: Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Murder and Violence

blackcatkai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

CW: racism, casual ableism, police brutality  gun violence, murder, child death, drug/alcohol use, addiction, violence, animal death, grief, physical/sexual assault, mental illness

not my usual genre, so it took a bit for me to get into, but thats absolutely not the books fault. its a heartbreaking and great novel about a family navigating their grief after the death of their son/brother at the hands of a cop. it handles a lot of rough topics so tread carefully. if you're in any way interested, absolutely read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Addiction, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism

emmakchapman's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Violence, and Racism

voxelbee's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Police brutality, Child death, Violence, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Dysphoria, Cancer, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Torture, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

kimveach's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a very different sort of book but I ended up liking it. Parts of it are a straightforward plot about a family is trying to heal from a tragedy. Another part includes an ancestor talking about The Trail of Tears' removal of the Cherokees from their land. And the last part is about the living son's struggles with drug addiction but is told as a visit to a "darkening land".

I didn't understand all of it while I was reading it. I wish I had read this article from NPR first:  
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/963361391/author-brandon-hobson-on-his-new-novel-the-removed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Genocide, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

caitlynes91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Hate crime, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Dementia, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death and Blood