Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain

13 reviews

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

I read this book for my ABC reading challenge.  I liked the atmosphere of the book. However I feel as if the main character was a bit to naive for my taste. The twist and turns of this book make up for it. 

I had a feeling that Hart new more than he led on, but I could have never guessed that it was the youngest kid. One thing I don't like was how they sympathetic the main character is to the killer. This also reminds me of a true crime case I have read about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Incest and Self harm

powellki's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed the premise of this book, I enjoyed the beginning mystery. I wanted to know what had happened to Elora as badly as Grey did. There were a few twists and turns in the book I didn't see coming, especially the last hour of the audiobook. I am very disappointed with the ending because it turned into a very twisted love triangle (that had been hinted at throughout the book), and ends with the unnecessary death of multiple characters. I was also unhappy with the epilogue because it ends ambiguously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Medical trauma, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, Child death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcohol and Blood

rayneyisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Gun violence

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

cbbyles07's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

Very descriptive regarding hurricane, hurricane prep (may be triggering for someone that has weather related Phobias)

spaghettii's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

I'm not sure how I feel about mixing psychic stuff with a murder mystery but it was pulled off really well!

Okay so I suspected Hart because he just wasn't suspicious-- which is suspicious. Evie though?? Absolutely not that was a complete shock.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

debussy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

lpdx's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

anniereads221's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

whatrhireads22's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Suicide, and Vomit