Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Collective by Alison Gaylin

35 reviews

sharkgirl45's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Gore, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pandemic/Epidemic

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Sexism, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Self harm, Bullying, Gun violence, and Police brutality

luverbyrd's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book will stick with me and be one I think back on....

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death and Violence

Minor: Suicide

kayalynne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Spoiler

there's no justice at the end

Spoiler

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Murder

catinseas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Car accident, Outing, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Stalking, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Murder, and Police brutality

shugentobler's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Violence

micaelamariem's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This was a disappointing read. I had heard good things about it and it had such an interesting premise--mothers getting revenge. But the one thing I couldn't push past--and forgive the kindergarten language here--was how stupid the main character was. I get that for part of it, she was probably just in denial, but denial can only go so far. I don't expect main characters to make all the right decisions but oh my goodness, it seemed like the author expected us to be as dumb as the mc! Aside from one plot twist, the book was predictable and it was lacking in depth. I was expecting there to be some lesson on how to cope with grief or how to avoid becoming a monster when facing other monsters. But there was no lesson, no moral. The theme seemed to be that everyone sucks and nothing gets better. Also, the ending was just wholly unsatisfying. 
I will say however, in the beginning the themes of grief and loss were interesting and gave me hope to see that grow (too bad that hope was misplaced), the one plot twist had me lurching, and I liked the ties to Greek mythology

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Violence, Classism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Cursing, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer and Racism

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I love every part of this book. My only criticism is that I felt like the author could've done better when it came to transitioning from one scene to the next. Sometimes I couldn't tell where the main character was or we would just jump to a new setting and I'm just like "woah how did we get here?". And also the ending where

Spoiler

Camille was faulted for killing 0001/Wendy/Dianne's daughter was a little underwhelming for me. It sorta fell flat. And I'm sorry but I absolutely adored Camille and Luke friendship so the fact that she went out like that and he thinks she committed suicide makes me upset.

But I do have to admit it was a good plot twist in my opinion. It (the ending) just fell a little flat for me. Other than book I completely devoured this book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

eve_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

Overall Thoughts:
⁕ This is a book for those who want an easy, weekend binge read. It's not the masterpiece of the decade by any means, but goodness is it hard to put down.

⁕ Gaylin presents a surprisingly in-depth analysis of anger and revenge in the face of grief. She does not try to entertain forgiveness, rather she explores the reality of taking vengeance to the extreme and the consequences of doing so (bonus points because it's from the perspective of a woman).

⁕ I could not have predicted the ending (which was awesome), but it was very outlandish and a little nonsensical (which was maybe a little less awesome).

To read my full review, visit: https://evereads.online/
For regular book-related content, follow my Instagram account: @eve_reads 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Child death, Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Drug use, Violence, Misogyny, and Gun violence