Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Seep by Chana Porter

16 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Grief

bluberrybooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent and Pedophilia

philamot's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.0

Lovely read that raises a lot of interesting ideas and questions. It doesn’t complete these thoughts the way a longer story might, but I still felt immersed in the roiling, changing world of The Seep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Gun violence

aely's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.25

It was a good book, I’ll give it that. It made me reflect on my own life, which is always a good thing, in my opinion. I just didn’t care all that much about the characters, other than the boy and he didn’t end up playing that much of a role in the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopia and living in the present. I didn’t connect much with the characters, but I didn’t dislike any of them either. It was a good book, just not a great one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body horror, Medical content, Transphobia, War, Death, and Dysphoria

ramalam98's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This is such an interesting book full of love, grief, existentialism, and humanity.

There was a point around the 75% mark where it lost me slightly but I did end up really liking the ending after that. 

A really quick read but it’s left me with a lot to think about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Gun violence and Death of parent

remimicha's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical content, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Body horror

brittni_in_ink's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

A story about a middle-aged trans woman dealing with an alien invasion and the loss of her wife. But what if that alien invasion made society better, and what if her wife chose to literally start her life over? These are some of the fascinating ideas that form this beautiful novella about humanity and grief, embodiment and autonomy.  I loved that we're told things about the aliens and their impact on a need-to-know basis, and have some time jumps to adjust to with the main character. Just excellent writing and a sense of a personal journey throughout. It moved me beyond words.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Abandonment, Grief, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

loandbeholdx's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I decided to read this for the #TransReadAthon as the main protagonist is a transgendered woman. It follows the story of Trina, who lives in a world that has been invaded by The Seep. Trina has a hard time accepting the surrealism of this new life, and this book follows her journey through grief, addiction, anger, and alienation. It is bizarre, but metaphorical represents the way in which humans try to erase the bad emotions, forget about them, and only live in euphoria. It's a really quick read, but it will really move you in a strange yet satisfying way. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Gun violence

valodniece's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

This is a weird one, and I'm not quite sure what to think of it? I think I like it. But I'm not entirely sure I get the whole message. Some of it, sure. About the importance of being able to feel grief and feel unhappy and how those are parts of the human experience that shouldn't be erased, but I also feel like there was more I was supposed to take away from it...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism and Gun violence

electric_death_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Transphobia

Moderate: Gore, Racism, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Gun violence, and Addiction