Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Haunting by Natasha Preston

3 reviews

pink_princess_24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

greatexpectations77's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I really wanted to like this book because I thought the plot was really interesting. But it didn't work.  The characters were really sarcastic and unperturbed that their friends were truly dropping like flies. There's a dead person found in the first 3% of the audiobook, before there's any time to settle in or get connected to any characters or really care about anyone. There could have been much more developing of characterizations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail