Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

28 reviews

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Misogyny, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

eleanora's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

lira_the_recluse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Narration is exquisite. The fiction seems to be expertly weaved with the real world history. The science and process was grotesque and captivating. Mary Elizabeth Frankenstein is a force to be reckoned with, and I wish her all the best adventures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Racism

Minor: Death of parent

angaramiel's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

What must it be like, do you think, to run about saying whatever one likes, as so many gentlemen do? To have one's flaws and misdeeds attributed not to one's sex, or the manner of one's birth, but to one's character alone. I should like that, I think; to make an utter fool of myself, and be regarded not as a bad example of womanhood, but merely a bad example.

Truth had never opened anyone's heart - or purse strings - to a cause.

There is always that part of us, I think, that supposes ourselves immortal - not me, not today, not like this.

3/5 fun idea just not for me. Though I got some good quotes from it. Many other may love this book, and I can see why, it just wasn't a book for me.

Great setting descriptions, great character development, I'm not really sure what was lacking in this for me, but something was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death

amy_church's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, and Gun violence

blor_12's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

Started really slow but gains pace half way through and is consistent through the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Grief

uhhadrianna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Blood

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment

swampgrandma's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

sproutedpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

Chronic illness representation: 

• Maise: migraines, asthma and lung issues, heart issues, history of childhood illness. 
• Mr. Jamsetjee: tremors (likely Parkinson's) referred to as “shaking palsy”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Discussion of phrenology (challenged) and racism in science, description of animal corpses and their decomposition (not overly graphic), description of surgical procedures on animal corpses, use of laudanum to treat chronic migraines, infant death/stillbirth