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gayelfboi's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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? It's complicated
4.25
Revisited it now as an adult and though it’s a moving story with beautiful writing at times, I was thrown off by the amount of fathobia. It’s much in the context of kids being cruel to each other but it was unexpected and went unchallenged. Other than that I really enjoyed it now and as a child even though it punched me in the gut when I first read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Classism
Minor: Cancer, Sexism, Car accident, and Death of parent
samijean's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Bridge to Terabithia was a lot. The end was super touching and there were a lot of beautiful moments and elements, and I thought the characterization of the kids was really well done. That being said, this is definitely a book that was written in the 70's. There were a lot of parts where I fully recoiled while reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Fatphobia
Moderate: Transphobia
penofpossibilities's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Movie is definitely better. I appreciated the friendship between the main characters and Leslie was really amazing. But I couldn't get past the constant fatphobia, saying it's not big deal being abused, mc referring to another character as "it" and other aweful things. The description of grief seemed well enough but it should have been spread out over more time. You telling me this kid did the whole grief processing cycle in 2 days?? Whut.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Transphobia