Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

51 reviews

memorable's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

I really liked learning more about Maverick, the struggles he faced and how he overcame them to become the man he is in THUG. Reading this book also makes me wanting to reread THUG. I loved Mav's development to become a father to Seven and also to Star (just as we know from THUG). And I think his depiction is also a pretty important one.
Can't wait for the next Angie Thomas' book for sure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Outing, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Gangs Teen pregnancies drug dealing

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

So I needed something to read for pride that had a red cover on it (trying to read the rainbow during the summer) and I knew Angie Thomas was a well known author but this exceeded my expectations on portraying the life of a black male teenager in the late 90’s. I’m the type of reader where if I know a series has a prequel - I tend to want to read that first to get an idea of any backstory before I spot the Easter eggs in the other novels. This is Starr’s father’s storyline and it has a bisexual character (I’m not going to spoil who it is) but finishing Maverick’s story today made me put the other two novels by Angie Thomas on hold in the library. Definitely worth reading. I cried, laughed and held on for the ride. A few things here and there could have been altered yet it doesn’t change how important this book is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Blood

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Biphobia

teatales's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual content, and Violence

lcg527's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, and Blood

aqtbenz's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

ellaaj's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, and Death

claudia_bow's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Murder, Violence, Grief, Drug use, Blood, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Addiction, Gore, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

bookreviewsgr's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense 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

Η Angie Thomas αποδεικνύει για μια ακόμα φορά ότι είναι μάστερ της ρεαλιστικής απεικόνισης χαρακτήρων. Διαβάστε αναλυτικά την άποψή μου στο  <a href="https://bookreviewsgr.home.blog/2021/04/06/concrete-rose/">blog μου</a>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use and Mental illness