Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Scanlines by Todd Keisling

5 reviews

spacemonkey25's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Mental illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Cancer

x_spookybooks_x's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

marykendrick666_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

masscrafter's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Murder, Self harm, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, and Gore

lagoonablu3's review

dark emotional tense slow-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? N/A

4.5

So I went into this with no expectations at all, I just picked it up randomly at the used book store and saw it was a short horror book, and it would be a quick read.
I definantly ended up pleasantly surprised. It's a really well written story and although it's not very fast paced, it's short enough that it doesn't really bother me. Although I wasn't around when Dwyer's suicide happened, I stumbled upon the video at a very young age, and was around when boys in my class would find it funny to randomly show you bestgore videos. I have bad intrusive thoughts and the images I saw never really left me and I still see them sometimes when I close my eyes.
Overall scanliners was short and quick, definantly worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders