Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

12 reviews

e11en's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

mollyrook's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

If anyone was going to get me to love a Western, it was Patrick deWitt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

bexh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

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, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, 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: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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