Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

68 reviews

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and War

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Loved this book! Really looking forward to more in this series when it eventually comes out. The worldbuilding was very interesting and I enjoyed it a lot, and all the characters felt very well developed and complex. Anequs was a great narrator and I enjoyed being in her head, and I loved

how her knowledge of her people's traditions is what allowed her to succeed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence and Hate crime

Minor: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, and War

aezlo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, and War

ethuiliel's review against another edition

challenging inspiring 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: Hate crime and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Slavery, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

njlbo1's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism

hayreading's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

An enjoyable, easy read. Will definitely continue the series as it develops. Only complaint is a general lack of driving plot, feeling more like a series of events.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

spookylettuce's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I cannot put into words how much I love this book.
There is such a variety of representation and allusion to painful history that fits within the world-building. 
I loved the dragons, and underlying magic/science system. 
The chapter “And had a revelation” had me weeping on my commute. It resonated with something deep within me that I also cannot put into words. I am an Indigenous person in the sciences who used to carry around the dictionary because it had a copy of the periodic table in it. Reading

Anequs have the revelation that Traditional Knowledge of skiltakraft was still being passed on and hidden in plain sight , and it being relearned after being lost to colonisation and violence

made me feel so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent and War

kimapede's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jpitts's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

wishbea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide