Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones

15 reviews

lore_r's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

directorpurry's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

alylentz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

 Umm this was INCREDIBLE? The characters in here are all just so well done--Blair and Cam made extremely convincing teenagers, but the supporting cast of adults also felt just as fully fleshed out and realistic. The mystery was interesting and kept me engaged without becoming too unrealistic, and I also really loved that restorative justice was given an approachable introduction to teens here. The little bit of teen romance was fun to read and gave this a little bit of levity. The audiobook production is also really good, and I would recommend it if you're looking to pick this up. I was hoping this would be as good as A Good Girl's Guide to Murder but honestly I think I enjoyed it more. I'm not a huge series person but I'm very excited to pick up the next installment of this. Would recommend to teen readers looking for mysteries with podcast elements and stories focused on strong friendships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, and Murder

themoodreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sas_ram's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Sexual harassment

itzbrianna's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

“But to miss something g also means to fail to teach it. A failure to catch. A failure to understand.”

Blair and Cam are two friends who take on the task of creating a true crime podcast around the biggest mystery in their small town-the disappearance of Clarissa Campbell. This story is incredibly chaotic in a very entertaining way. 

The mystery of what happened to Clarissa is something I figured out very early on in the story but I kept reading to learn if I was right. Naturally, as mysteries do there will be paths that try to deter you from the journey but I trusted my gut with this one. 

The characters are strangely lovable to me and they are young. Teenagers. So, they are also annoying and naive and sometimes self involved. This story was framed well and I genuinely enjoyed reading it. The climax happened very quick though and the ending of how everything played out was…..fast? Unmemorable? It was something but it’s not the good kind of something. 

Up til that point though? It was a good story to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Stalking

chris_reads's review

funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny and Cultural appropriation

irenemarie's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

ptaradactyl's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

It was an easy and interesting read, and I appreciated that it explored what Missing White Girls mean in our society. Cam was frustrating, but she is supposed to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Gun violence

danileah07's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia