Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

24 reviews

joylovestoread's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was amazing and I 100% recommend reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Murder, War, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence and Cursing

sarahelyse'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The pace and excitement of this book grabbed my attention and kept it the whole time! This book got me out of a long reading slump. Reading it a second time, there were a few things that I picked up on that didn't quite make sense, but not enough to pull me out of the experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, War, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

thatmoxiemermaid's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Death

Minor: Child death

1vy_booklover's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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

Minor: Hate crime, Murder, Violence, War, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

yananhai's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.5

Spoiler

I knew right from the start that Maven was gonna be a little piece of shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Torture, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Death

kenzie_simone456's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Torture

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Child death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, War, Classism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Confinement, Blood, Bullying, and Gaslighting

jassieex's review

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: War, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Suicide

purple_reads's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Mare Barrow is one of the most annoying and typical protagonists. Her perspective could only be saved by the actual plot of the book. 

The only thing keeping me going was the political intrigue and general plot; which honestly, was pretty good. It held my attention well, and was the sole reason it took me no time to finish the book. 

I didn’t feel attached to any of the characters, except Lucas and Gisa (who were very minor characters). The other characters just didn’t really get me too excited. They were either annoying, bland or I knew too little about them to care. 

Overall, I enjoyed the book. The irritating MC eventually became less annoying as I focused more on the plot. 

Stars ~ 3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Violence

Minor: War and Gun violence

hangeken's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

This book started out slow to me but once I started full on reading it I could not put it down! On my way to buy the sequel now!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gore, Genocide, Blood, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship