Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

So Happy for You by Celia Laskey

4 reviews

mandareads222's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

leslieklein's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Homophobia

Minor: Gun violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This book was surprisingly good - it was a quick read and a fun, silly time which I could have loved even more if we'd gotten more character development and the psychological aspect of the story had been more prominent. I enjoyed the commentary on the wedding and marriage industry and often found Robin to be deeply relatable to my own experiences, but I also thought she had a lot of internalized sexism & misogyny which was perhaps not addressed as much as I would've liked it to. There's also many instances of cultural appropriation, especially regarding yoga and meditation that you would think would be at least acknowledged by Robin - this to me suggests that her brand of feminism is a very white feminism, especially given that race and class as factors that deeply interact with gender are not even mentioned once, despite feminist commentary being such a core part of the story and of Robin's character. So I wish the conversations that the book prompted had gone a little deeper and been more complex, but overall this was a fun, quick read that I needed on the day of a not-so-fun dental surgery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Domestic abuse