Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Secera by Dan Sociu, Neal Shusterman

163 reviews

churrocaitie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

For a YA apocalyptic book, this was an enjoyable book to read. Wish there was more world-building to truly flesh out how their world came to be with Scythes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

purstiltski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture

bookiesncreme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Torture, and Death of parent

breewriteback's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

omg that was such a good book.

going into this story, i hoped i would like it considering how interesting the synopsis was, and i have to say i was not disappointed. from complex characters to a wonderfully compelling plot, this book had me hooked.

something i really enjoyed about the book was the fact that in between each chapter, there was a journal entry from a scythe. it gave us more insight about the personalities and morals of different scythes. 

also the ending was fantastic. for the first time ever, i predicted an ending “twist” and oh my god did it make the ending all that more enjoyable. especially because my prediction was very much wishful thinking.

i was so happy when citra punched rowan in the face. i hoped something like that would happen, where one of them would give the other immunity so that they wouldn’t be able to glean the other, but the additional element of citra using the punch as payback was hilarious.

i definitely expected this book to be around a 4-star read, but i enjoyed the reading experience so much it can’t be anything less than 5-stars. lets hope the next books are just as good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

oxian_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

This book was too depressing for me, opening old wounds, reliving the past again and scarring old scars deeper than a knife could. At first it was mysterious but then it got too predictable and worse boring along the way. I yawned many times I could count. Although some topics do open for questions as life and death is at hand. None will truly know when one hasn't experienced real death. So again this is quite different but not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

lfl's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

Good for what it was, wouldn’t have chosen it for myself. Points deducted for simple grammatical errors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

tyyyler8's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Body horror, Child death, and Death of parent

lindseyathome's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It was very good but some parts were tough to get through just because of the mood I was in. That’s why I don’t regret listening to the book, I definitely got sucked in towards the end and now want to read the next one. But the subject matter is heavy and I think I need to be in the right head space to get through the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

claireltravers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Death of parent