Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Les Oiseaux du temps by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

17 reviews

suhair's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

THE LESBIANS LIVE

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Characters: 10/10
Relationships: 10/10
Atmosphere/Setting: 9.5/10
Writing Style: 9/10
Plot/Intrigue: 9.5/10
Internal Logic: 10/10
Entertainment: 10/10
Overall: 68/70, 5*

I love epistolary novels, quantum time travel plots, and messy star crossed sapphic romances, so I figured from the get that I'd be really into this. and I was! I especially loved the ways the characters spoke with one another across timelines, and gave context for themselves as individuals, within their respective collective experiences, and within their shared relationship over time(s). the writing about writing was also really fun! there are definitely moments that delve into disturbing themes and events, but for the most part I found the tone stayed hopeful in belief for better circumstances. 

it's definitely something I need to relisten to (I feel like I missed a lot in my first run thru due to the narrative bouncing around quite a lot), but I'm so excited to revisit it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Graphic: spiders

augustar14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

A war across time and space, love across the same. Two agents and lovers. I loved reading this book,falling in love with the characters, as they are falling on love with eachother. The descriptions of love as a hunger, as violent, profane but beautiful and full of life. And its lesbians.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Vomit, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Colonisation

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Excrement

Not sure how exactly to trigger tag someone kissing their lover's childhood self but that part was weird and I didn't like it.

flowingleaves's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

A fantastic book. The style is very poetic and emotional, and I at several points had to put the book down because I was crying too hard to continue reading. A magnificent piece of writing with a very interesting world, sympathetic characters, and a truly brilliant ending. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Torture, and War

Minor: Confinement and Gun violence

cemeterygay's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

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

5.0

The biggest highlight of this book is the prose. The book efficiently tells the bulk of the story and the romance as a series of letters that quickly become love letter set to an ongoing war throughout time. The tragedy and romance of this story just come through so clearly and in such a beautifully heart wrenching way. The letters are honestly the highlight of this book. You really feel for both protagonists as what starts as a cat and mouse game quickly becomes a love story that seems doomed to end consumed in flames by a war that is much older and larger than either of our protagonists. It is one of my favorite sci-fi reads and I cannot recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Rape and Suicide

Additional CW: attempted murder, imprisonment, poisoning