Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington

7 reviews

jess_hardt's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-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

I loved this book!! So powerful!! The descriptions were lovely. I read it on my Kindle, so I was really bummed that the poetry format was messed up, but I loved it!!
Sadie's character was written beautifully, and as a bi girl myself,

Evan's biphobic attitude KILLED me. I hated their friendship breakup and wished that Evan could've been better.

Really good book, would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

Moderate: Biphobia

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

- Realistic sibling relationship
- Authentic anxiety/panic disorder representation
- Beautiful verse storytelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

cats33's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Classism, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism and Cursing

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Colonisation

lavenderbtcpodcast's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Racism, Hate crime, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Mental illness, Grief, Death, and Cursing

lettuce_read's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Toxic relationship

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

This book has changed my life. I have never felt more seen than reading this. As a disclaimer I am a white woman so I cannot relate to some of the specifics Sadie goes through, but the representation of anxiety I this book was so representative of my experience of anxiety and OCD. I listened to the audio book on Libby and I am going to be buying a physical copy this weekend. This is an important, amazing book and I think you should read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

readwithbee's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Mental illness