Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Gone by Michael Grant

27 reviews

jakubus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

Doesn't hold back on the cruelty as well as the hope that arises from severely traumatic situations. Great building of story and characters, and gives each character some sense of redeemability, allowing the reader to, while they will certainly pick a side, at least understand the actions of different characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

gilmargirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

booklov3r5019's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

Very very very very violent, a lot of death and a lot of times it is more graphic than not, but it's still an amazing book. I would reccommend this to anyone who likes to cry over books, characters who have some psychological issues, really anything violent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Cursing, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

asarahguslol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

m4ferglez's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

A wonderful start to a wonderful series. Lord of the flies meets X-Men in the most gruesome wsy you can imagine. Grant is a master at portraying brutally realistic situations that come along with his premise. 

I do find it at times hard to believe how bloodthirsty some of the kids are, and the coyote/darkness scenes can get pretty repetitive, but otherwise a wonderful novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Vomit

sitrisummoned's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Racism

jetty_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

Fast paced emotionally gripping story of teens battling for survival in a new world they find themselves in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pezzo's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, and Alcohol

hcgambrell's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Mental illness and Vomit

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

The R slur is constantly used against an autistic child. The narrative treats it as a bad and disgusting, unacceptable thing, but it is still used a lot.