Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

6 reviews

erinnnn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

From the few Tremblay works I’ve read so far, one thing is clear: this evil, evil man loves nothing more than to write the most intimate, dreamlike depictions of loss imaginable. Survivor Song’s characters feel so real you could touch them, making it all the more easy to cry and hope against hope for them. Pair that with some of the most visceral gore I’ve ever read? I will never be the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Vomit

charmarie's review

dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Pregnancy

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

this was basically a parody of the covid-19 pandemic. very good commentary on how people act when they are exposed to a situation like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Hooked into this after reading the beginning excerpt in A Cabin at the End of the World. It was a fun take on the zombie tale, trying to lean more into the realism version while still holding onto the horror, which was well balanced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Car accident

akira_outofthegravity's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I really liked this book. It’s a bit like every zombie film out there, but there’s hope in this one which I like. I genuinely cared for all the characters, and I cried a lot. 

It’s not the most mind blowing but I liked it enough to cry when sad things happened, which doesn’t happen with badly written books. 

Sassafras and lullabies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Medical trauma

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Car accident