Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

13 reviews

seforana's review

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Suicide, and Racism

k_shimer's review

challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorite books of all time. It’s the book that truly sparked my love of reading (as a child). Ellen Raskin truly wrote the perfect book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

Minor: Medical content, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dementia, Alcoholism, Blood, and Death of parent

bites_of_books's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

The mystery itself is quite interesting but I couldn't help but be distracted by the confusing writing and the racist and ableist language used. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Medical content, Alcoholism, Ableism, Murder, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Racism, Suicide, Bullying, Chronic illness, Grief, and Sexism

thrym's review

funny mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racism and Ableism

Minor: Suicide

Written in the 70s, the book does a pretty good job pointing out how reductive stereotyping can be....and then falls into some infantalizing orientalism itself. It course-corrects pretty quickly, but it's still jarring and not great.

m_parker9612's review

funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Murder, Death, and Alcoholism

tjcbook12's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Students were reading this for ELA and I decided it was time I finally participated! I think what I loved most was being able to converse and see the creativity and understanding from a child’s mind while reading it vs. my adult mind! If ever possible, I encourage you to read this alongside the youth! So creative and so fun! 

The book itself was well written! I noticed myself initially having to flip back and forth in order to get the characters and parts in order! But once I had that down, it was a quick read with a bit of “clue” like who dun it (was it colonel mustard with a candlestick in the library?). If you loved that game or similar type, give this book a go!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

kwichris's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Death

Moderate: Ableism and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

nota_candycaine's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Ableism, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

chrisljm's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

 The premise sounded so intriguing to me at first, but I ended up not being invested in the story at all. I found it to have not enough story and the mystery a bit convoluted to follow along. 

 

Why was Angela even setting bombs? I understand why she made one for herself, but why did she bomb the two restaurants...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Medical content, and Self harm

kstericker's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Racism, and Ableism