Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Sisters Brothers [movie Tie-In] by Patrick deWitt

9 reviews

katari636's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

If I could give this book negative stars I would. It’s unnecessarily gross and vulgar and has taken me forever to get through because it’s mostly whiney, stream of consciousness dribble from one of the character’s thoughts. Don’t waste your time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Chronic illness, and Murder

noonjinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Hired killers, Charlie and Eli Sisters travel from Oregon City to San Francisco to murder Herman Warm. On the way, one of them starts to question their line of business. The first half of the book is a surreal, dream-like ramble through an Old West populated with bizarre and wonderful characters. The second half gets a bit more plot bound and moves from comedy to tragedy via a parade of grisly deaths. The whole thing is very readable, funny, sad and strangely beautiful. Definitely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, and Gun violence

alicroz34's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Death, Addiction, Animal death, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

neens_m's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

For a book with the amout of praise this one has had, it was disappointing.  I enjoyed it, but I was expecting so much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Racism

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Medical content

ncoletti's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Death, and Murder

franlop97's review against another edition

It was a an engaging book, but as it was hitting the climax towards the end it completely took me out of the story. Kind of like the climax in the village, it just pushed the story into a direction that didn’t feel cohesive with what I was reading and enjoying prior. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Gun violence

hburlingame's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Violence, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, and Misogyny