Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Better the Blood by Michael Bennett

4 reviews

nelldiaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This book is going to sit with me for a while. It brought up a lot of feelings for me as a Māori. Highly recommend but check the content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

caseythereader's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Blood, Gore, Police brutality, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Cursing, Animal death, Murder, and Violence

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Suicide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Infidelity, Animal death, Genocide, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Classism, and Kidnapping

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy