Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

19 reviews

timmytunter'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

This series has the most interesting plot concept I’ve read in awhile. And I’m slowly falling more and more in love with the characters. The best part is that I have no idea where it’s going. 

Sci-Fi, Found Family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

alisonvh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-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

5.0

I loved this book so much! I loved getting to hang out with the characters from Leviathan’s Wake, and I loved the new characters they introduced. I appreciated how adept they were at world building, action sequences, political power play, and relationship drama. Most writers can only do one really well, sometimes two. I suspect these books benefit from having two writers working really well together as one author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Sexual violence

anntharai's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-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? No

5.0

Okay so hear me out - book 1 is a *better book* than book 2, but I *enjoyed* book 2 more. That fckn cliffhanger tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

geekmom's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

A well-paced and engaging read! These guys don’t have a clue how to write women but this is easy to just laugh at and ignore because the story is so interesting (and kudos to them for including so many women at all and for giving them meaningful roles in the story!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

anotherbigapple's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

A very enjoyable sequel that keeps up the pace of the first book and raises the stakes slightly. Looking forward to  reading more. Slightly missed the noir detective vibe from the first one.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and War

kb33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

TW/CW: a man’s young child is kidnapped, and he deals with the likelihood that she is dead. Detailed descriptions of his thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

thedinosaurkid's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol