Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Country Will Bring Us No Peace by Matthieu Simard

5 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this was like nothing i’ve read before. this was very unique, moody, and always had be asking questions. it kind of felt like a fever dream.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

beingofnothingness's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Violence

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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: Child death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, and Abortion

elysianbud's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

Very prettily written with some lovely turns of phrase. Eerie atmosphere. Predictable plot, but I think that's the point--it's tragic, you know how it ends because it tells you near the beginning, the interest is how they get to that conclusion. Characters are not nice people at all though, makes it very hard to care about them. 
Short, quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bratatouille's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Holy shit this was stunning. For being such a short story, its impact is. Dang. It’s unsettling and lyrical. It handles grief in a way I haven’t seen depicted. This is the sort of book that grabs hold of you quickly. It’s incredibly foreboding and there is a darkness steeped deeply into every character. It has mild aspects of surrealism which, as we’ve all learned by now, is kinda my jam. However, it’s not the level of having to heavily suspend your disbelief. It’s a speculative, weird, ominous jewel hidden in the corners of indie publishing. I am docking it like HALF a star because I thought one of the reveals was lackluster. Although, I am not mad about it. I seriously am not going to forget this book I might reread it again soon just to reprocess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Violence and Alcohol