Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

119 reviews

sariereads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jaymi_elswick's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

julierambaeck's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

A CAMPY (in all senses of the word) romance, and I don't know if I liked that... 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

babblingbooks's review

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

Completely unhinged, but very entertaining. Jumped the shark quite early on and just got more ridiculous, but did manage to stay coherent. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death of parent

milesofkiles's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Sexual harassment

readswithtayee's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Keeping it short: 

🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3 spicy peppers. Open door spice scenes. 
Characters: very interesting and funny. Very enjoyable 
Plot: very unique. Just know: slight mystery, romance, second chance. 

Took me longer to read since I’ve been busy. But I really enjoyed this book! I think I would’ve given it a 5 star, if I connected more with the characters.  Especially the romantic interest, I felt like I was just not as connected to give it 5 star. I felt like Leo was more well rounded and understandable. Lily felt a little confusing at times. Was she a farm girly girl, a tougher strong girl, pretty horse girl, I wasn’t sure. 

Official rating: 4.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death and Death of parent

ellacat11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jennp28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

Different than I’d expect from this author(s) but fun! And a sweet and a little spicy bit of second-chance romance along with the adventure story just for good measure. I want to go see the slot canyons now! But I’ll listen to the disclaimer in the beginning *not* to do what these characters did lest I die, don’t worry.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

sea_tea_books's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted tense

3.5

An adventurous second chance at love, with a wildly unrealistic backstory. 

Why would Leo leave messages with Duke at the ranch if Lily had a mobile phone? And someone who loves animals and respects the land the way Lily claims to would not be likely to throw a mobile phone in a fresh water source (a river in this case) and poison the water with degrading battery components.

3.5 ⭐ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

mel_bee_421's review

dark sad medium-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

1.75

This is just not these ladies' best work. I wasn't even invested until the last 40% of the book. Plot twists in the last bits of the book were okay, but I didn't realize a twist was coming and didn't really care there were any. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence