Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

24 reviews

mimamia's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, Child death, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

kailynrisher's review against another edition

4.0

An intense and devastating book that I could not put down. I feel Picoult approached this topic with grace, compassion, and understanding for all sides. Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Violence, and Bullying

markedwithanm's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Murder, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

ginga_ninja's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide, Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident and Animal death

beccahblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Violence, Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Bullying

jenniferbbookdragon's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Powerful and surprising,  with a twist at the end. Picoult takes us into a school shooting,  the events leading up to it and the aftermath. This brought up a lot of feelings about bullying,  parenting,  education,  and guns in a way that defies the politics and focuses on people. There are no winners,  only survivors,  and a community forever scarred and changed. The equal focus on the high schoolers, parents, police, and lawyers highlighted the humanity of all the characters and reminded me that we all contribute to the environment that creates tragedy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Grief

The main focus is a school shooting with bullying over 10 years.

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

kwashington's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Violence and Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

kristinjones28's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Woof. This was an unusual take on the story of Columbine, and it just felt icky to read. The chapters were long, which didn’t help. I will say I didn’t see the main plot twist coming until right up before it happened. I had to reread several times to make sure I understood it. I’m giving it 2.5 stars because the writing itself had parts that were lovely, and I can appreciate the craft that was used in jumping back and forth through time to lead up to the ending. If those things hadn’t been around to save this story, I would have rated it much lower. Woof. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape and Hate crime

Minor: Ableism

helenayeske's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mass/school shootings