Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

4 reviews

bibim's review

adventurous dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Classism, Death, Grief, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: War

olivialambert97's review

challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

 Powerful and poetically written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Mass/school shootings, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, War, and Rape

differentsisters's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

 I see what the author was trying to do. Once I got use to the inclusion of Zimbabwean dialect, the book was readable. What became tiring was the heavy heavy use of repetition (a whole page of just the word take). I could see why some uses of repetition was used, but it became tiresome and felt like an editor needed to cut at least a hundred pages of repetition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Violence, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Classism, Blood, War, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Gore, and Colonisation

wy_woman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: War, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape