Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

34 reviews

c100's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Child death

avacadosocks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Murder, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying and Blood

trix_lyn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Really sad & difficult read but glad I read it. Only deducted a bit because pacing felt weird between alive & dead parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Police brutality, and Racism

shannahtan's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

This book is really beautifully done. It’s a quick read because it’s definitely geared towards kids.

Honestly, Jerome is much more forgiving than I could ever be. It was beautiful that he asked Sarah to reconcile with her dad. I wouldn’t have done that. I also had to laugh that Emmett got Thurgood Marshall & Jerome got Sarah.

Quick review that I’ll come back to refine! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Racism

emmajh91's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Blood, Bullying, and Violence

mai_day's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Child death, and Hate crime

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Hate crime and Murder

katiecat22's review against another edition

5.0

The prose is so accessible to many levels of readers, and Parker Rhodes deftly handles the nuances of police brutality—the impact on Black communities, white evasion or erasure of guilt, and how to move forward. This book also teaches readers about Emmett Till and his story, linking that history to the contemporary BLM movement and police brutality. Highly recommend for all ages and in schools. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Child death

lil_booklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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? No

4.75

It was very eye opening and really challenged my viewpoint by the resolution. I loved seeing how the characters developed. This book also did break my heart but I would read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Bullying, Death, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Blood

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

i will preface this by saying i didnt realize going into this that this book is geared towards younger readers so im not the target audience. that aside, i do think it was a very good read and i think it would be very effective at giving the right age group a book to read that they could a) identify with the characters strongly as theyre the same age, and b) its easy to read (not subject-wise, but the way its written is easy to follow!) and makes the subject matter more digestible (i dont think thats the proper words but i cant think of a better one) in a way that also doesnt trivialize the events of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Slavery