Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

3 reviews

kaybird's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

It's hard to follow the author in the setting. What time frame, which character, etc? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Death of parent

kaitlinnoodles's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Mass shooting cw: includes a somewhat fictionalized account of the

1989 mass shooting at École Polytechnique

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

ladylothlorien's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

I always love the Gamache books. This one had a lot of elements and some time jumps that left me a bit befuddled as to how it would come together, so I just sat back and let Penny do her thing. It did all come together in the end although it was all a bit elaborate. Still I loved the way the story picked up steam towards the end; I love that rising crescendo of tension and peril that makes it so incredibly hard (and often impossible) to put the book down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

Lots of talk about a real mass shooting in Montreal. Child sexual abuse isn’t described in detail but enough to be triggering for some. And murders that are not described in great detail but are still disturbing