Reviews tagging 'Violence'

54 Minuten by Marieke Nijkamp

106 reviews

arryanna's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The different povs made the book fast pace it showed you what each students hopes for the future were and it was a story that had you feeling even tense emotions that was felt throughout the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Bullying, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse

bubblepricks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book revolves around the POV of 4 main characters experiencing a school shooting. Obviously a difficult subject to write on and one that’s going to upset people one way or the other. I’m left feeling bummed out, but in a satisfying way. I don’t love every aspect of this book, however I think the author did what she intended to. To invoke emotion through writing is a talent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Death

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Death, Child death, Violence, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

agoraphobic_crawfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

 TW/CW: mass shooting, gun violence, mentions of abuse, mentions of grief, mentions of Alzheimer's, mentions of rape.

Reading this was painful. Upsetting. I probably won't read another book like it in the future.

Spoiler

Tyler said he "didn't want to be alone anymore". He was never alone. He isolated himself in his grief and then when he successfully pushed ppl away, he turned that grief to anger. I can't feel bad for him though. He wasn't a good person before the shooting. As much as autumn tried to paint him as a saint because he was there for her. he's homophobic, a rap*st, and manipulative/controlling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Gore, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Gun violence, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Islamophobia, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, and Hate crime

mollyharwood's review against another edition

sad tense fast-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

3.5

It was a good book but not my kind of style. Some things were predictable while others were not expected, told though multiple perspectives some were good whilst others were a bit boring at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying

stephabee_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Rape and Islamophobia

richofficer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was extremely sad, but realistic to todays society. The pacing was fast, which I really liked, but I was confused about the characters in the beginning and felt I had to write down who was who and who knew who, etc etc. Overall, I think the book was written very well and emotionally and the only flaw this book had was the random chapters that were not needed and the lack of explanation. Other than that, if you are looking to enjoy an emotional, intense rollercoaster, this is the perfect book for you.

Spoiler

I will never be getting over Tómas’ death.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

gymjam_reads's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

3.25

A fast pace page-turner but unfortunately, I struggled to connect to the characters and I wasn't emotionally invested like I expected to be. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Violence

rieley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Homophobia, Death of parent, Mental illness, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Sexual assault

bradley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

Graphic: Violence, Dementia, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, and Bullying