Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David A. Robertson

3 reviews

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This may be a short graphic novel at only about 40 pages, but the story and conversation this brings to readers are compelling. Residential schools are something that most of us have heard about before, including myself, but having the horrors and atrocities put on pages with illustrations accompanying them was so powerful and heartbreaking. 

Thank you, Elder Betty Ross, for sharing your story. 

This graphic novel would be beneficial to use as a conversation text for high school, and even college, classrooms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

rai's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Racism, and Religious bigotry

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual assault