Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

15 reviews

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

mareike_liest's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

anonymous_user's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.25

This book made me cry and was very heavy. Definitely check content warnings before reading, I was not fully prepared. The book seriously seemed to include  just about every trigger/trauma that ever existed, which felt gratuitous at times. I did think it was well written and engaging, and I cared about Sal and the narrator and Grand. But

the ending was extremely sad, and I felt like there were a lot of unanswered questions about how Sal knew things. And the reveal at the end about his kidnapping felt a little bit rushed/out of the blue. Also, I felt like there wasn’t really much lead up to the narrator being queer,

and sometimes the jumps between his future/old self and the main timeline felt confusing. Most of the future timeline could’ve been left out in my opinion. But maybe that’s also partially because I read this book very quickly in preparation for a book club. Other reviewers make very valid points about

it feeling messed up that the conclusion of the book is essentially absolving the white perpetrators of the lynching and treating Sal as a “magical minority” trope instead of a little boy. Also it didn’t sit right with me that the narrator chose not to end his friend’s suffering but to be a “hero” killing the bad guy…

The relationship between Sal and Grand leading up to his suicide was heartbreaking and hit a bit close to home for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

kirstym25's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

larinda_booksandanxiety's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Beautifully written. I read a review of this book before I read it and it said, "devastatingly beautiful." This is an accurate description. The premise is basically, the devil was invited to town and came. Though the "devil" revealed himself, I'm unsure of who or what really was the devil. This book reads like poetry...tragic poetry. Very emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cannibalism

tamlynraven's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

doppy's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

abbruzzese's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

beautiful. heart-wrenching. elegantly written.

this book is like the temptation of the burning flame—impossible to turn away from; painful to the touch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse

scenic92's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

ellyra's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Torture