Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

75 reviews

sarah_reading_party's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

quick read... a little thriller, a little mystery. partway through i started to guess the connections between everyone as information was revealed through the "before" parts. this is not an intense thriller or mystery by any means, nor is it a book where you're completely invested in the well-being of the characters, but i did enjoy it on audio and wanted to see it through!

3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

daralexandria's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death and Grief

d0505's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked the writing style a lot, but I felt like nothing much happened until the last 100 pages. I enjoyed reading about the adventures of the characters exploring this creepy, deserted island, but I was waiting for the other shoe to drop the entire time I was reading. I knew it was a murder mystery, but the build up to the murder was really drawn out. I did like the end and the reasoning behind all the murders. We love a feminist book, even if the strong women might actually end up being villians! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aileron's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism and Classism

ndonoho's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

3.75

Started this audiobook on a long walk and continued to listen to it the rest of the day.  Very captivating!

Part of it I was able to correctly guess and the other part I did not see coming. Not the best ending, but also not the worst.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Cannibalism, and Car accident

jraffo's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

carrieextraordinary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

katlynann's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

this book was so promising i’m so so sad 😭 i loved the atmosphere set up and i really cared about the characters throughout the whole thing

this suffered from the pretty little liars effect why are you introducing someone halfway through and telling me he’s bad and weird and scary

there was only once i was a little worried about him but it was so quickly resolved give me tension from the people i already cared so much about

like these people had such deep backstories which could lead them to do anything out of grief and terror

probably 90% of the way through something real happened that wasn’t them just like sitting down and drinking on the island

wtf was the shack in the woods???? wtf was this mysterious person who lived on the island??? i’ll never know

the island makes you crazy??? HOW !!! are you seeing things? are you having more violent thoughts throughout the day??? or are you just letting me know

it just didn’t follow through things would be revealed and i was like “ok”

jake and eliza have drugs!! okay?? these people brought enough bottles of wine for you all to drink 5 a day and you’re shocked they have MARIJUANA????

the ending did make me gasp a bit where was that throughout it all?? the story is built in the “before” segments of the book and nothing happens in the current day

i kept waiting but like all of the reveal at the end besides one part didn’t even matter because it was nothing they were just words they made me feel nothing!!

big spoiler: 

LIKE WHAT WAS AMMA Trying TO TELL LUX WHEN THEY WERE DROWNING TOGETHER? WHY DID SHE LIE TO BRITTNEY??? WHAT DID BRITTNEY DO SO AMMA WOULD TELL EVERYONE THEY KNEW ELIZA

still 2.75 because the backstories were great, there was some hints of good foreshadowing, the setting was fun, and i loved Lux, Britt, Amma, and Eliza (Nico was an ass from page 5)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol