Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson

18 reviews

booklifeisthelife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

This was a super adorable and fun book. I breezed through reading this. I enjoyed the characters (well most of them. The ones you were supposed to like anyway) and the interactions. There was great friendship which I adored along with the romance which was sweet and adorable. I liked the setting and the general plot. Though sometimes emotions became heavy because I wanted to jump into the story and

be violent towards the two magicians for being so cruel, one more than the other. How can they bear to hurt such sweet boys (especially the one.) It frustrated and saddened me to no end. I wish their ending was a bit more in depth though I understand why it wasn't.   (Im actually struggling to remember what the ending was but i remember feeling that way.) I also wish the romance was a tiny bit more developed. Not that it was awful but Jack fell in love swiftly which I'm just remembering he was known for but the reason he fell so deeply so quickly was a bit weird to me. But maybe the circumstances affected that? I still really enjoyed it. The side characters were also lovely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

_lish_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Lesbophobia

vagaybond's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

akal's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, and Violence

silly_little_clown's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

This book kept me engaged the whole time! I couldn’t finish the book in a shorter period of time because of life, but I think if I were given all the free time in the world I would’ve consume this book in three days max.
I love jack, wil, ruth and jessamy. I like their characterization and their growth towards the end of the book. It was really satisfying to see their relationships develop. The book is a bit open-ended(?) but I don’t really mind it since I think that fits the journey that they’re going to embark on more :D (however that doesn’t mean I would say no to a sequel or side story though haha)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

bug_lightyear's review against another edition

Stopped reading at 68% (took me 23 hours at 70% speed) 

I enjoyed the budding romance between magician assistants but couldn't stand the child abuse anymore.

Interesting side character, the "sister" of one of the narrators, is a disabled girl using a cane to walk and is an engineer. 
Best friend of the narrator is a black lesbian woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

kates_cat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Violence

ree_the_owlgirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

lilly_anne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Stalking

meliflowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

The writing (and narration) is done so incredibly well and the storyline is interesting albeit predictable. The ending was very surprising though, that I enjoyed a lot. The characters themselves felt very flat and one dimensional. There was little to no grey zones within the characters which made it a little boring for me at some times. However it's very inspiring how dedicated the author was about the setting and accuracies in his writing! 

Regardless of all that, it's a fun and cute read with an exciting setting (despite some of the horrific themes). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping

Although the abuse is very apparent in the story and actually fucked up, it's still a lighthearted story. Like the author doesn't really focus on the impact of all the abuse has on psychology and mostly focuses on developing the plot.