Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The World According to Garp by John Irving

4 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I did not like it 😬 Most of the time I was either bored or irritated, interspersed with short periods of false hope that the story might finally be getting interesting.

The writing was engaging, humorous and honestly very skillful, but it doesn’t make up for a story that just didn’t hold my interest at all. I would have DNF’ed after the first chapter if I hadn’t been so curious to know what people actually like about this book (I didn’t find out).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Transphobia, Ableism, Blood, Cursing, and Deadnaming

Minor: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and War

audra_spiven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

kalixtus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Transphobia, Car accident, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Infidelity

beachbuddy's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, and Infidelity