Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan

4 reviews

emey_reading07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, and Gore

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

kjulie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is true historical fiction - a story based on actual events, and by then end there are moments that read more like non-fiction history telling than story telling. I also found the book about 100 pages too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

sjanke2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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? No

1.0

Plot-heavy, quicker read than it seems at 450 pages. Heavy-handed Christian vibes.

RIYL Kristin Hannah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

faith1426's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.5

 4.5/5🌟
I had no expectations of this going in, I had it as a gift and had never heard of it before... but I'm so glad I read it!!
This is an intense, hopeful and painful exploration of a family fleeing the Soviets in the height of World War Two... and it's based on a true story!! It was harrowing, beautiful, raw and tragic whilst also feeling down to earth and unapologetically kind. Sullivan's writing is clear and concise but never boring, and the plot is quite frankly bonkers, I could not stop reading- I needed to know the full story. 
Overall a 4.5/5🌟 for me I think, there were just a few tiny little things that stopped it being an all time favourite, BUT, I would highly recommend, as long as you have a stomach for true war stories. It's not indulgent in details, but it also definitely does not sugar coat anything, so be warned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail