Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Shining Girls, by Lauren Beukes

15 reviews

jamiejanae_6's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Abortion, Alcohol, Grief, Animal cruelty, Classism, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Stalking, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

ferrot's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Stalking, and Death

snoonio's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, and Stalking

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion and Homophobia

aquariusvintage's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Xenophobia

hazelgirl21's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Abortion

bookish_arcadia's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

charsometimes's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Stalking, Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Racism and Transphobia

unicorndave's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

The killing scenes are particularly brutal, as they are told from the victims' perspectives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence