Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

26 reviews

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

rae42's review against another edition

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

2.5

It's written like a middle grade book but then has swearing, sexual references, and violence which should be more for ya books. Almost dnf ed it at the start but did get more into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.25

I love a silly and eccentric merlin!!  I enjoyed the character interactions and the world building!! The plot was a bit simple but flowed well and made logical sense. Keen to read the next one 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gripping story that had me laugh out loud at parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

nekoshka's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.25

Omg this was so cute???
It does suffer from the usual YA problems like underdeveloped characters and a predictable plot, but otherwise it’s unexpectedly good. 
Susan, the MC, is very much the "chosen one" with special powers and special parentage but it’s not annoying and they don’t make her overpowered. And she’s punk!
Merlin is a delightful love interest. Loved the approach to his gender and how the fact that he’s questioning it doesn’t make him any less attractive, flirty and self-assured. Again, I would have loved a bit more elaboration on this topic, but maybe we’ll get it in the next book. 
I thought at first that the constant clothes descriptions would annoy me, but the ended up being a really fun detail. 
The worldbuilding is interesting but sparse. Not developed enough. 
Overall, very easy and light read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement and Vomit

trollmila's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Vomit, Stalking, and Car accident

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

I probably would have loved this if I'd read it as a teen but as I am not a teen anymore this was just okay. Fun, but probably won't bother reading book 2 unless the library gets a copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Self harm, and Death of parent

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

ophycore's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Self harm