Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

62 reviews

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence

jessicarenz's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

anastasiamakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

I've really enjoyed all of the Harrow I've read so far and can't believe I waited so long to get round to this one which I think is my favourite of the bunch.

It's whimsical but dark, tackles important topics without feeling preachy, and made me cry happy tears.

I have so many quotations highlighted in this book, it's just so beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

silverhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kat_smith24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation

skbat's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

milenaaax98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

I have never annotated and underlined so many things in a fiction book. This book is written so beautifully, some sentences make your heart ache. We should all try to be like January

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Violence, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Gun violence

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Slavery, Stalking, Abortion, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

321zeggy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment

twistykris's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

An absolutely enchanting, magical book about portals into other worlds and the blatant racism, sexism, and classism of early 1900s America, all wrapped into two love stories. I loved so many of the characters in this and especially admired January's voice as a mixed-race young woman growing up in a rich household without her parents. 

I switched back and forth between a physical copy and the audiobook and the story-within-a-story was fantastic, if a little confusing in the audiobook (at first it was hard to tell when the inner story was starting and ending).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, and Grief