Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

88 reviews

krod97's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

The ending really solidified the 4⭐️ for me! I cried and had goosebumps multiple times! I think everyone should read this at least once in their life. 

The themes in this MASTERPIECE of a book are so important for everyone at any stage of life to read and to be reminded. 

•What will be, will be. No need to fret over things that are yet to happen. It is all planned out already and no amount of worrying will change God’s future plans. 

•Your life and actions matter. It is interconnected with everyone else’s in some way. 

•It’s not the length of your life that matters, instead it’s what you do with your time on Earth that causes the most difference. 

🧵🪢🫶🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

mrsjoellebell's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Outing

meganm1587's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident

maddireads13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kzarate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

wolfcorrin's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

leontyna's review against another edition

reflective 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? No

4.0

I liked how reflective the book was. The focus on the people and their relationships was the right call for a book with this theme. One might argue that not much happened or that there wasn't enough description of how it affected the world but I feel like the book struck the right balance between personal story and showing political implications.
Overall I was really invested in the characters' fates and I will think about this books for a long time for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, and Outing

sk8r2natls's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

Okay book - would have been GREAT as a book club book , but I wouldn’t personally recommend it as an independent read. It sparked interesting conversations, but the plot got a little monotonous. The back 1/4 of the book was better because the characters became interwoven with one another and their stories/histories were shared more with the reader, but it otherwise felt a bit repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Violence, and Car accident

tyyyler8's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide

dreamer626's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

A book that makes you think about your own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence