Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

5 reviews

magicalsocks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

- how can you be so cheerful?

- because i'm alive. because i'm walking through wilderness on a beautiful day.

the way jeff vandermeer weaves together sci-fi and meditations on nature and psychological horror and existential horror and the mundanity of daily routines and the tenderness of friendship and mystery and surrealism and romance....

gloria and saul. saul and charlie. the biologist and her husband. the biologist and her owl. gloria and whitby. gloria and her mother. gloria and grace. grace and her girlfriend. ghost bird and the biologist. ghost bird hugging john while he sleeps. saul wanting to ask charlie to dance. the veteran asking gloria to dance. okay. okay. okay.

THE LOVE WAS THERE. IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. IT DIDN'T SAVE ANYONE. THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY FORCES AGAINST IT. BUT IT STILL MATTERS THAT THE LOVE WAS THERE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

what am i to say? that i do not miss him?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

I was really hoping for more answers in this book, but I understand that the author’s whole premise is that the source of Area X is unknowable by our finite human minds. I liked getting multiple viewpoints to add a little bit more clarity, but I wish a few more things wrapped up by the end with the storylines converging. It felt unsatisfying. I think I would get more out of reading this series again and again, but I didn’t enjoy it enough to want to reread it to get a few more crumbs of insight. Saul’s scene at the bar was so fascinating and intriguing and I really thought his storyline in particular would have more of a climax. Overall, it was a weird and interesting time, with so much nuance that who even knows what the truth is? Not my kind of reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Vomit