Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

41 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

I really enjoyed the cast of characters, and the relationships/conversations between them felt real. As a queer person who is estranged from bio family, the way some of the family issues were worked through rubbed me the wrong way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Outing, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death, Racism, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Abandonment, Cancer, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Cursing, Vomit, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ewickoda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Hate crime, and Racism

piprigsby's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

I'm definitely stuck between a 4.5 and a 5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Violence, Racism, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Hate crime

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

danileah07's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Death

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Outing

jkreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

4.5⭐️

This book was a tender and heartbreaking exploration of intergenerational trauma, race and sexuality. There was so much pain in this book, which was compounded by the fact that the characters were running out of time to lay it all to rest before Mama Letty passed away.

This was shaping up to be a five star read to me right up until the reveal of who killed Jade’s mother. I just felt like the reasoning behind it didn’t make sense given that it was apparently well known around town that her father was having an affair and therefore the only person who would really be hurt by her death was Jade, an innocent little girl. Idk, maybe the fact it didn’t make sense was the whole point but it just felt like the author was tying up a thread that could have been left loose.

I would really recommend this as a great coming-of-age story, the writing is beautiful and I look forward to checking out Jas Hammonds’ next novel ‘Thirsty’ once it releases!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Murder, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Cancer, Lesbophobia, and Death

Minor: Car accident

kthconvos's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Hate crime

skye_era_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

Infinite stars for this book. The way I sobbed in my car for 30 minutes 😭 I don’t even know what else to say but WOW

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Grief, Lesbophobia, Cancer, and Violence

adrianas65's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Outing, Racism, Cancer, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

brooksthebunny's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I was genuinely surprised that this was Jas Hammond‘s first novel. Baby, I was a little nervous in the beginning I didn’t know if I was gonna like the story, but by chapter 3 there was no getting away from the story. Three generations of black women under one roof, seeking to reckon with their past, find contentment in their present and anticipate the end… it was a mighty big task, but Hammonds found a beautifully intimate way to thread the needle, and I stayed her every second of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Police brutality and Homophobia

otakatoe3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Death, Outing, Cancer, Hate crime, Bullying, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism