Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

White Bird by R.J. Palacio

13 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Murder, Antisemitism, Ableism, and Bullying

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

This book moved me to tears multiple times. The parallels between the Second World War, Trump denying refugees into America and separating families into cages, and the current Israeli–Palestinian conflict is not lost on me. We have forgotten. We are repeating history. It is deeply upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Antisemitism, Child death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Ableism, Gun violence, and Bullying

Minor: Mental illness and Blood

civetta's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, and Deportation

Moderate: Medical content, Bullying, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, War, and Blood

gillianengelbrecht's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying

eener's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Violence, and Bullying

ptaradactyl25's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative 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

Moderate: Murder, Hate crime, War, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Violence, Genocide, and Bullying

megs_readstoomuch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Bullying, Blood, Xenophobia, and Death

laheath's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Beautifully narrated by a cast, this is a well-written and age-appropriate introduction to the Holocaust.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, and Confinement

Moderate: Genocide and War

Minor: Death of parent

ktrain3900's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I'm not a big YA (or younger) reader, but this was a perfectly enchanting book, heartbreaking and hopeful, addressing a hard and serious topic in a clear and honest manner appropriate for a wide variety of readers. A fine introduction to the subject matter for younger readers who know very little. The illustrations were lovely, the story was a page-turner, and you don't need to be familiar with other Wonder books to enjoy this. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, Death, and Genocide

im_just_vidu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I was worried that I might not have 5 star reads in this year. And now I don't have that worry. The only thing I regret is that I didn't read 'wonder' even though I own it for about 3 years now. I should've read it before. Then I would've known better about things. I didn't shed tears, but my heart felt the pain. Even though this is fiction, knowing that this might've been someone's real story, it really pains me.
Julien, I want to know more about you and read 'wonder' for that, but at the same time I don't want to. It's like when you know the end of the story, you are no longer wants to know about the beginning. I like how they portraited the past and present with each other. Learning from the past and make a good future is good. There were so many things that anyone could've learned from that.
This makes me want to read "Anne Frank's diary" as well. I think I should read that too. I hope I'll be able to come back to this after finish reading those books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, War, and Fire/Fire injury