Reviews tagging 'Death'

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America by Ibi Zoboi

8 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I’m so glad I enjoyed this because I don’t love short story collections. Obviously I enjoyed some stories more than others, but nothing was below a three which is nice. 

Half a moon-3
Black Enough-4
Warning: Color May Fade-3
Black.Nerd.Problems-3
Out of the Silence-5
The ingredients-3
Oreo-4
Samson and the Delilah’s-3
Stop Playing-4
Wild Horses, Wild Hearts-5
Whoa!-5
Gravity-4
The Trouble With Drowning-5
Kissing Sarah Smart-5
Hackathon Summers-3
Into the Starlight-5
The (R)evolution of Nigeria Jones-4

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Homophobia, Grief, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Violence

maple_dove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

I LOVED the chapters "Wild Horses, Wild Hearts," and "Whoa!".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Suicide, Transphobia, War, and Cancer

mnerd63's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia

mandkips's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, and Racism

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

amandalorianxo's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

 When I first picked this up at the library, I scanned the list of authors that were featured in this collection. A few names stood out while others were not familiar to me. While that might deter others, for me, it only drove me further to put this higher on my tbr goal. I started reading this while news broke out that @cynthiaerivo was casted in Wicked. It got me thinking that the world is hopefully, finally learning to open their eyes and embracing the  natural casting of bipoc. This novel is more than just a gathering of stories with black boys and girls taking center stage. It’s showing the world that characters of color deserve to exit and shine just as much as anyone else. We as a book community are quick to promote the next big buzz (& I’m equally guilty of this) but we as a community also can (&need) to do better at highlighting stories that embrace everyday stories showcasing people of color as naturally as we do for example From Blood and Ash & Colleen Hoover books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Child death, Death, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

yas_mean_ie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Self harm, Death, Misogyny, Homophobia, Drug use, Death of parent, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

jennabajuice's review

Love the concepts and diversity in the stories, just wish I had read it as a teenager. Was very cheesy/cringy teen at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

ivana's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion