Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Nightshift by Kiare Ladner

5 reviews

joensign's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Death

Minor: Infidelity

stobo1kenobo's review

dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

Why the fuck did she get played twice lmaooooo

This book didn’t really click with me. I think the obsessive notion on the back of the book wasn’t really the driving force of the plot. The main character’s flaws and mistakes were more of a highlight in my opinion, which often left me irritated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I really wanted to like this book – it started out very interesting – but I really don't. Latent racism, unnecessary violence, sphinx without a secret. I'm sad at how angry this book made me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, Racism, Misogyny, Stalking, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Car accident, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Alcoholism, Medical content, Sexism, and Xenophobia

sillylilbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

This is a dark, tragic, emotional ride, and nothing really happens for 3/4s of the book but it’s wonderful, and it's beautiful and I devoured it.

The descriptions of the mundane and small feels revolutionary and so vivid. It reads like poetry. Its smart, it's go subtext, it loops on itself, it's funny, it's sad - chefs kiss 💋

For fans of My Year of Rest and anything Ottesa Moshfegh, The New Me and Boy Parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Violence

hallymichelle's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder