Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

7 reviews

cj13's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Pregnancy

lmfry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Cursing

akmistyrose's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, and Excrement

Minor: Miscarriage

reviewsandreadathons's review against another edition

hopeful informative mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Excrement

macroscopicentric's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

This was a really fun third installment of the lady astronaut series. Between the switch to Nicole as a POV and narrator and the nature of the plot, the book vibes much more like a mystery thriller than the first two, which was a fun and satisfying change of pace. (The second book, while excellent, just kind of made me sad and tired.) And because it takes place in the same timeline as the second book, it was also satisfying to learn more about what the moon and earth are up to during the time when Elma is going to Mars.

Interestingly, I had been assuming the series would end as a trilogy, and while I think that’s possible given the epilogue of The Relentless Moon, it feels like it leaves both the future of Earth First and the future of the world’s climate change preparations (and related civil rights movement) extremely unresolved. I’ll be curious to see if there are more books eventually and if so how many more are planned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Gun violence

foreverbookwandering's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Excrement

Minor: Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder