Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

33 reviews

sarahelyse's review against another edition

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

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

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

Minor: Child death

a1ice_booklover's review against another edition

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

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

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Classism

Moderate: Torture, Murder, and War

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

kenzie_simone456's review against another edition

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, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and War

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

jassieex's review against another edition

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: Gun violence, Torture, and War

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: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and War

hangeken's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism