Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

27 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

4.0

This was a fantastic social thriller. It was heart-wrenching to read about how this fictional school abused students, knowing that in real life, so many adults think you can brutalize children into being successful adults. 

There were a few plot threads that felt like they weren’t explored as much as they could have been. The ending also felt abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Addiction, Classism, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Gangs, incarceration

redroseses's review

dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Racism, Pregnancy, Classism, Alcohol, Violence, and Alcoholism

sby616's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Racism, and Gun violence

smalika's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Confinement, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Abandonment

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child abuse, Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racism

mwass's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? No

4.5

The production value for this audiobook was wonderful!!! The cast of voices were so good and really brought to life the characters! For a YA novel I thought this book was outstanding!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

patricktreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

Promise Boys is Pretty Little Liars, but better. This story is a dark who done it set to very current issues and situations that many young people, especially people of color deal with on a daily basis. From racism to false allegations and even automatic wrong doing assumptions, it is all there. 

I give the story itself a full 5 out of 5, and the audio book I give a 10 out of 5. The production put into it was outstanding, and the full cast knocked it out of the park. 

The only part I didn't like was that I didn't know it was going to be a series. That cliffhanger!!! Oh my goodness! Read it. You won't be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Misogyny, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

bookcaptivated's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Cursing

lana72905's review

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I loved the format of the book. The fact that it played out as a news tory of an actual case was an interesting take on a mystery novel that I haven't seen before. It was a little confusing at first, realizing that we didn't start directly at chapter one but rather with interviews, but I got used to it and I did enjoy it! What makes this inly 3.75 stars for me though was the book seemed rushed. The ending to me, whole I didn't expect it,

Spoiler

it felt a little cliché and rushed to scramble together an ending. It was pretty clear the boys would be innocent, but I felt like they could've found out a little bit differently. I just felt like the ending could've been different and not rushed.

. My other gripe would be the fact thst because of those interviews, while I liked them, we didn't really see the real plot takefold until halfway through the novel. It felt dragged out and while it brought depth to characters and the stories, I just wished it didn't rake so long to come to the real plot. But, overall it is a good book and I did enjoy it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

reaganisreading's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Ableism, Pedophilia, and Alcoholism