Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

81 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

this truly felt like reading a young kids diary as they went through school and other life problems. such an important read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Alcohol, Cursing, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death, Colonisation, and Grief

tourmaline_and_tomes's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

jonwood's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

Read this for an online teaching course. 

The book is a brutally honest look at the life of a kid in a community that is victim of unfair circumstance. His family and neighbors seem trapped in an perpetual self-destructive cycle of alcohol and gambling. It's a depressing reality that many children find them selves stuck in. Even when the protagonist gets to go to a better school, it's revealed a lot of the well to do people have their own problems, which just you shouldn't judge anyone without knowing their story. Deaths and acts of violence are sudden and reflect the pointlessness of it in real life.

In all, I think is a rather reflection and frank discussion on the harsh reality many kids face and a good way for those unaware to that life to become more aware. I suppose the reason I didn't love the book is that the author seems to do a good job capturing the juvenile/bathroom/homophobic humor that reminds too much of the boys would attempt to avoid as an adolescent, and I don't want to spend too much time around people who talk like that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Medical content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Eating disorder, Sexism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, and Car accident

booknerd_life's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

Don’t feel comfortable rating this book due to the author’s sexual misconduct allegations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

inked_in_pages's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Death

storyphile's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Death

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, Bullying, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit and Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia, Murder, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Suicide

cchipman's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is incredible. I would recommend this to anyone. It made me laugh, it made me cry. I learned a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Death

directorpurry's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Drug abuse, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, and Body shaming

Minor: Colonisation

whitefruitcake's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death