Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

11 reviews

booksinkandpaper2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

katierobertsonshaddix's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

catwilson's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Gosh this book is soooo good 
My favorite read I think of this year 
Based in Boston in 1974 during the cities school desegregation 
Such a meaningful read about a mothers determination and rage and love for her children 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this is incredibly dark and hard to read. this book is very very depressing but it’s a good and important story that shows a woman having to face her own racism, as well as the racism in her community, while searching for her missing daughter. there are no heroes in this story, and there is no happy ending. while this is a crime novel, it covers racism, politics, grief, and much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rei_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

kitty03's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cassiebartelme's review against another edition

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

2.75

It’s been a while since I picked up a Dennis Lehane novel and this was was fine. It has his signature style of weaving a story with a large web of characters and I appreciated the setting against the Boston desegregation busing crisis of early 1970s but I ultimately felt like it was familiar territory…The Southie projects of Boston, Irish Catholics struggling to resolve “right vs wrong”, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, violence, the manifestation of parental love…

If you like what Lehane does in writing about Boston you will most likely enjoy this one. If you are looking for something different than pick something else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

llayaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

encryptedorchardpest's review

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War