Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Ask and the Answer, by Patrick Ness

8 reviews

kkenna7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

It took me over a month to read this one because it’s just… tough. It’s a tough read, tough subject matter, tough everything. Some parts got so intense for me at a tumultuous mental health time for me and I had to put it down more than once. 

Of course, Patrick Ness continues with the great writing and world building, naturally. It always is. I can’t say I *enjoyed* this necessarily, but objectively it is a good book. It’s just a challenging read. I pushed through so hopefully the finale is well worth it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, and War

hazelmort's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Death

Moderate: Injury/injury detail and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Slavery, and Gun violence

izzysaround's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

avaklein's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

  EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY OH MY GODDRRNRR

THAT ENDING
so good.

I LOVED this. The first half was slow and boring and i think it suffered from middle book syndrome a bit. Like it took more time to work on the characters than the plot. BUT THAT SECOND HALF THOUGH. literally so fast paced and adventurous. Viola's character arc *chef's kiss*. Her and Lee's banter was top tier like Patrick Ness could write romance if he wanted to. Todd was kind of annoying though like he needed to shut up. like ur literally 13 years old mate.
 

Spoiler

Davy's redemption arc 🥵😛😧😢😭 Honestly felt so heartbroken at his death like Todd was his only friend and he turned the gun on him and then his own father killed him. Ugh i hope the mayor dies, absolute twat and pedo. like he was so creepy to viola.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

aquakerwitch's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

arlorees's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content and Medical trauma

oliverlang's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I found this book really quite difficult to read so it's taken me a lot longer to read than the first book. 

Big trigger warning for physical and emotional abuse, slavery, torture and genocide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

pamshenanigans's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

4.5

“Cuz how do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?”

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

What an amazing sequel to The Knife of Never Letting Go! As usual, Patrick Ness' writing is palpable and searing that it'll leave you at the edge of your seat, wanting to read more and more. The book further tackles the social commentary on colonization, genocide, and war.

If you're looking for a fast-paced, action-packed read. Pick this series up ASAP!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, and Slavery