Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Il filo della tua storia by Nikki Erlick

91 reviews

astoriareader's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

SYNOPSIS

• All over the world,  every person over the age of 22 receives a wooden box with a mysterious string inside. The length of the string = how long you’ll live.
• We follow eight people, and how the strings impact them.

MY THOUGHTS

• Excellent premise, but not a fan of the execution.
• The writing felt very basic to me, and I was annoyed how the characters kept popping up across stories & having some random connection.
• Very plot driven & no real character developments
• I didn’t care for any of the characters.
• Ending is mehhh.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Excellent plot, but not a fan of the execution. Read this one instead: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Outing

acobbva'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Suicide

cayleybp's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer

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