535 reviews for:

My Name Is Leon

Kit de Waal

4.01 AVERAGE

molly_greenshields's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Alcohol

chloemly's review against another edition

4.25

emotional 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: Yes

duketal's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hattiefrankie's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

niallinos's review against another edition

5.0

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Gorgeous book

fijumanka0311's review against another edition

4.0

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Devetogodišnji Leon glavni je junak ove priče koju nam on sam i pripovijeda. I baš zato ima veću težinu i izaziva jače osjećaje. Majka se ne može brinuti za njega i njegovog malog brata pa će Leon otići udomiteljici Maureen, a Jakea će usvojiti. Leona ne žele jer je tamnije boje kože.

Leon je hrabar dječak prepun bratske ljubavi i svojim malim srcem se pokušava boriti kako bi njegova obitelj opet bila na okupu. Ova će priča sigurno dotaknuti vaša srca i zavoljet ćete Leona kao da je vaše dijete.

Voljela bih da se autorica fokusirala isključivo na ovaj segment priče, bez dodavanja drugih dijelova (otkrit ćete sami koji su) jer imam osjećaj da se "silom" htjelo još jednom naglasiti pitanje rasnog neslaganja, kojih je i tako mnogo na ovom svijetu. Bez toga, bila bi savršena priča, mene je pomalo ometala, priznajem.

Prema romanu se snima film i veselim se provjeriti kako će to sve izgledati. Čitajte i gledajte, moju preporuku imate.

anniekenway's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful sad slow-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

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Believed in it emotionally but got bored with plot in middle and didn’t care about some of secondary characters.

oliviafern's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional funny 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

eminadiscobra's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aligeorge's review against another edition

5.0

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Just loved this. Beautifully written, well drawn characters, you’re absolutely rooting for 9 year old Leon and hoping against hope he catches a break. Brilliant debut from Kit De Waal.