Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Root Magic by Eden Royce

7 reviews

therainbowshelf's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense 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

Step into young Jezebel’s life as she and her twin brother start learning root magic, and experience a vibrant story exploring Gullah life and culture, friendship, and history. I absolutely loved this. Every choice Jezebel makes feels authentic to her character, and we’re brought on an emotional ride filled with friendship, grief, the terrors of racism, and magic.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Racism, Grief, Police brutality, and Gun violence

Grandparent death

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Root Magic is great! I liked the two siblings and the whole cast of characters. The history that was incorporated into the story was fantastic and done naturally. I appreciated this one and will look forward to reading something else from this author in the future. Some really cool imagery and a world that I won't soon forget. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Racism, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Murder

loristoudenmier's review

adventurous informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Death

a1ice_booklover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Blood, Gun violence, and Alcohol

A little scary

f18's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, and Police brutality

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

drowning

adoras's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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

Wow. I am so impressed with this novel. It has such a beautiful sense of time and place, set in South Carolina in 1963, and has so many little details that really put me in the characters' shoes, particularly talk about language and a lot of descriptions of food. The world building is fantastic, especially in the natural way we learn about magic (root work) as Jezebel and Jay learn about it. Also, for a middle grade novel, it's genuinely creepy and upsetting and scary at points. There were parts where I really felt chilled or worried for the characters' safety. I'm bumping this up to 4.5 stars because of how well it stuck the landing. While I find that many fantasy and/or middle grade books have a great set-up, this had a solid set up and then kept ramping up, really delivering in the third act.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Violence, Racism, Bullying, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, and Murder

allison_reads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Ugh this is such a sweet book. I know it's marketed towards children but, it didn't feel like a children's book at all! It's whimsical and fantastical while touching on very real issues that African-American's faced during the Civil Rights Movement in the US. I would recommend anyway read this novel!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Grief, and Hate crime

Moderate: Bullying and Gun violence

Minor: Blood and Murder