Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

4 reviews

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

Characters confronting trauma through magical means is my favorite genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Car accident

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

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Drug use

debussy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Rape

andatherrin's review

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Blood

spiritedfaraway's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I read this book in a day or two. It is very atmospheric and I needed to know what was going to happen next. However, there was something, and I think it was the romance aspect of it, that kept bringing me out of the book. I know I say this a lot, but there are just some books I think would be better if the romance was minimized. And this is one of them. It didn't really vibe with the rest of the book, which was a shame. The themes of grief and death and moving on were amazingly done though. I'm definitely going to be checking out the author's other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Self harm

This book is very much about grief and moving on from the death of a parent.