Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

13 reviews

larvapuppy's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

madmantha's review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It was really interesting rereading this in 2022; many things still feel relevant today, if not more so in some cases. 

The love triangle still feels a bit forced; I’d love for them to take it in a queer or poly direction in the new series adaption. 
I got heavy “gal pals” energy between Tally and Shay in this reading; which isn’t something I remember noticing or feeling when I read this years ago. 

This is still one of my favorite books and I’m very much looking forward to continuing to share the series with my partner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

_alyssar_'s review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

I remember really enjoying this when I read it in school (many years ago now), and even now was a pretty good read. I liked the writing, and I was engaged for the first 80% or so of the book, although none of the characters really resonated, the concept is interesting and I was curious to find out what would happen. The end of the book seemed a little bit disjointed, there was some tying up of loose ends but also some conflict added to leave us on an open ended cliffhanger.  I’ll continue the series, as I think it’s a fascinating (and creepily feasible) world, and I want to know what happens next!  Hoping to connect better with the characters in the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic