Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

51 reviews

lydialian's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Sexual content, Racism, Cursing, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Abortion and Homophobia

strudel_doodle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Abortion

bretagnereads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

readingbetweenthenotes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

This was a great prequel to The Hate U Give but also a fantastic story in its own right. It was hard-hitting, as all Angie Thomas books are, but there were also some lovely moments of lightness. I really enjoyed learning more about Maverick. And I loved the little nods to On The Come Up and THUG!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Racism

lily_k8y's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Much like the THUG I loved this one. I felt like there was much more focus on Mav’s teenage drama than the racial barriers. The writing style, or the “voice” isn’t really a smooth read for me, but this book has touched me much like Angie Thomas’ other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, and Drug use

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

This book tells the story of Maverick Carter and what happened when he was stuck with a baby at 17, then how his second baby Starr was conceived. It also discussed how he got into and then chose to leave the gang his dad used to run.

For the most part, I really loved this story. It was very inspiring to have Maverick working his way back up after multiple bad decisions and deciding what to do with his life.

There were other aspects of this book that I thought were unnecessary. Some things felt like they didn't need to be included, and I thought this book could have been a decent bit shorter.

I also had a problem with the treatment of unprotected sex within this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Grief, Sexism, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content

whattaylorreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Murder and Gun violence

kaylafallon's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, and Violence