Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

22 reviews

clarenotabear's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Gun violence

caitlin033's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, Racism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape and Lesbophobia

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Classism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Cursing

kaelizaco's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

hkingcrab's review

challenging emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Police brutality, Violence, Grief, Racism, Cursing, Mental illness, Blood, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

vegronica's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

I cried so much reading this; the first half of the book sets up the characters you will spend the second half sobbing over. There are certainly dated elements (describing a specific reaction .gif, use of Tumblr and Facebook as though they're relevant to teens), but the overall plot unfortunately is as relevant as ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

snowydaze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Fantastic book! I'm surprised it doesn't get recommended more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Grief, Murder, and Police brutality

tina94's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

The only qualm I have with this book is that all the many characters and names became indistinguishable at some point. Powerful and moving stuff otherwise

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Car accident, Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

body image issues

genielle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Police brutality, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault