Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Book of Night by Holly Black

48 reviews

tinyarthoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Torture

zoe_wein's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

thepurplepixel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content

aliteraryescape's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Death, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual content

bugsybugs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Really cool magic system, interesting plot twists, good character growth, an ending that made me want a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Violence

multiplyoctopi's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

cosypuck's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Cool concept for the magic system/lore, but the plot was really confusing with too many characters, I don't love a dual timeline, and I didn't like the ending. The author told us the same obvious things loads of times but didn't explain a lot of the connections between characters and events enough for me to feel satisfied when the plot concluded because I didn't really know what I was meant to be waiting for. As other people have said, the main character is meant to be 28 but reads like an 18 year old.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

taythegreat's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I really enjoyed this book! Holly Black is the best when it comes to morally gray FMC. I loved that our heroine had flaws that but not in the "not like other girls" kind of way, Charlie was a lot of fun and I loved following her even when she made dumb decisions. She stayed on brand for sure. 

This was a very slow book at first, I knew little to nothing about it when I started reading so I wasn't expecting it to be twisty-turny, pleasantly surprised for sure! I had some parts of the ending figured out early on and thought I had it all figured puy. I was pretty smug about it ngl, but the unexpected hit and was so satisfying. 

The one thing I don't love is I went into this book thinking it was a stand alone, probably my fault for not researching it first, so the cliff hanger was a doozy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Death of parent

thiasgomez's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.25

It’s a really interesting story, especially lore wise. The plot twist is exceptional. I just found the writing a bit clunky, it didn’t flow nicely for me. I also do have a hard time with moral bankrupt main characters, so if you also hate that I wouldn’t suggest. 

Low Fantasy, Romance Subplot, 1/2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content