Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

24 reviews

jentrythelibrarian's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

eicart_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Murder

mixyplixl's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

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

mamabadger's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Injury/Injury detail

wonderfulxwonderful's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Car accident

saraberkes's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I always love Louise penny’s books. This one is really dark subject-matter wise, and there are things in the plot that I need to reread to figure out how everything in the ending comes about, but like all her books, it’s captivating and I couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

andrea_lievertz's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

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

kcarney86's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Chronic illness, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts