Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Le sette lune di Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

47 reviews

yasemin2's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt

nemvagyokitt's review against another edition

I only got through a fifth of the book through before I had to put it down, there were just too many descriptions of gruesome deaths, murders and torture. The writing itself is great and the plot is very engaging so I will probably pick this book back up in the future 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Torture, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I am honestly not sure what to make of this book. The folklore is incredibly lush, and this definitely taught me more about Sri Lanka than 16+ years of school but it was a bit of a slow start.

Maali was… not a good person but he tried to do right by his family in the end, and i really liked him becoming a helper. DD… I’ll be honest he pissed me off. The entire time he’s being skeptical & unhelpful while Jaki risks her life for their friend/lover… his dad literally had his bf murdered and he just ate it up & got a WHITE boyfriend weeks later… their relationship was awful but still YIKES. 

Sena… what a bitch boy. 

The ending was a bit sad but hopeful, I need to think on it more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

sumunun's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

izznzz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and War

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual content

peonydancer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

As someone with a Sri Lankan Tamil background, I had mixed feelings about the book. Whilst I loved the inside jokes that anyone from there would tots get about the culture, history, society, etc, Maali himself was a pain in the ass lol. Plus, the book didn't really show the war for what it was and how it started; it started with ultimately, the Anti-Tamil Porgroms enacted by the Sinhalese government and carried by its citizens; the mass murder and displacement of Tamil civilians. Still, I enjoyed the scathing commentary - a very unique book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Abandonment

lenchen25's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

audacitea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Kidnapping

roseblossom999's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aliquis's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent