Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

56 reviews

readwith_adele's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth was such a great book. Full of paranormal elements and a good solid ghost story, White Horse has a great main character that is very easy to understand and read about. She’s not without her faults and vices, and has had her own share of tragedy but is a very likeable character. Her friendship with her cousin is so true to life and the author has a way of depicting very real conversation and situations, on top of the ghosty side of the novel. 

Kari, an indigenous woman of Apache and Chickasaw descent, is searching for answers to what happened to her mother, who seemingly disappeared when Kari was only two days old. 

The story, writing and characters kept me hooked!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Pedophilia

brindlecat's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

takecoverbooksptbo's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Gun violence, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Car accident, and Mental illness

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Addiction, Murder, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

blacksphinx's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Body horror, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Incest, Sexual assault, and Ableism

Minor: Police brutality, Mental illness, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, War, and Car accident

TW: Child sexual assault, ableist slur (the r-word)

rachaelwho's review against another edition

slow-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? Yes

This was mostly extremely tedious Mary Sue, reddit-quality nonsense, except a few surprise pockets like

the unexpectedly excellent description of her crystal high with the blue lights

. For that, I was prepared to give it a two. And then

the author decided that the solution to Debbie having an abusive husband who controlled and isolated her, was for Debbie to simply demand that Kari and Jack literally just get along from now on.

I hesitate to even give it a single star for that. Actually, y'know what? I won't. The writing sucked and that plotline was offensive and dangerous. Fuck this book right into the sun. This author owes me 9.5 hours.

Edited to add: apparently the author is possibly a white woman presenting herself as indigenous, which would honestly make *so* much sense. This book felt so generically, vaguely native, with a few con picuous references to "pretendians," "generokees," and "great great grandma Cherokee princesses." But I thought it was just like how badly the author wanted us to know Kari was sooooo metal and sooo badass and hot and not like other girls. Ugh! Could've saved myself some time if I'd looked into her. Seriously, skip this trash fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Incest, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Genocide, Racism, and Slavery

noemi_qu's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, Grief, and Self harm

ktdakotareads's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Rape, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Car accident, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pedophilia

thebearnest's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Drug use, Colonisation, and Addiction

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Gun violence

mary_stormageddon's review

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

3.5

Too much telling, not enough showing. I had a hard time disappearing into this story. But I loved a lot of aspects of it. It was sad. And I learned a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Blood, and Death