Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

7 reviews

slang123's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

I felt this book went on a little too long. It could have been shorter and still had the same effect.  It does deal with LGBTQ+, AIDS and violence.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Racism

rieviolet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.5

I think it is really wonderful to have middle grade books that deal with such important topics, and in such a good and sensitive way too. I wish I could have read a book like this when I was that age myself. 

Also, I always love a good found family trope and here we have a lot of disparate people coming together and caring deeply about each other, it really warmed my heart. 

The only fault that I can pinpoint is a bit of overexplanation (especially of the characters' feelings), but that might just be incidental to the intended audience's age range.

"So there is a word for it."
"Oh honey, there's a word for everything on God's green earth. And if there isn't, we can just make one up.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, Classism, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Racial slurs, Murder, War, Dysphoria, Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Grief

atamano's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

Minor: Murder

koplomps's review

challenging hopeful 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

5.0

Beautiful, warm and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent

jadatrack's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Transphobia, Murder, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

imstephtacular's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Racism, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

kta's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

 I could listen to Stockard Channing read the phonebook, thankful the book itself was also enjoyable. Lots of issues to discuss in this book: family secrets, racism, homophobia, transsexuality, immigration, and the holocaust. You would think there wouldn't be time for an actual story with all these underlying issues being woven through the story, but it was artfully accomplished by a varied cast of unique characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, and Violence