Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

31 reviews

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Sexual assault, Murder, Hate crime, Dysphoria, and Bullying

bayleereads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I listened to this on audio and I thought it was fairly good. It was incredibly informative on a case I knew nothing about. I enjoyed getting to know the victim and the perpetrator and what led all of these circumstances. This story is important for everyone to read because of the real lessons it teaches-- no one should be harmed for who they are, and one dumb, mindless decision can severely impact the lives of many people. There were some disconnects for me: 1) The author didn't focus a ton on the main people involved (Sasha  + Richard), and rather focused a lot on people connected to Sasha and Richard in other ways, and it made the timeline and story confusing. 2) This book reads like a bunch of newspaper articles strung together... which is... blah. While it wasn't the most enjoyable read, it was super informative and I do recommend it those who haven't heard of Sasha's story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

fred_nom_nom's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

3.25

I don't recommend this book as a first or only source of information on the topic, because you can tell that the person who wrote it isn't directly effected by the things they're writing about e.g misgendering, using deadnames and using words and discriptions which aren't fitting or even hurtful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Hate crime

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Racial slurs, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

nurlou's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

3.25

misgendering and deadnaming included :ccc
don't recommend this book as you only source of information 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

mandi4886's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Sexism, Classism, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, and Outing

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

 I’m so confused, there’s sooo many people being mentioned that I had no clue what was happening in the beginning. 

The story allows you to view the story from multiple perspectives and gives an unbiased account of what happened. I had sympathy for both Sasha and Richard as the book tells the story of the tragedy of what happened to Sasha, how poorly the case was handled, and the injustice in the criminal justice system.

I don’t get why the author felt the need to deadname some of the people though, really unnecessary to the story. Because it’s written in 2017 (and apparently even when read even then, my point would still stand) some of the terms and discussions on gender and gender identity are outdated.

Disjointed storytelling as the story jumps all over the place; it’s apparently written in a nonlinear timeline. This left me feeling confused and pulled me out of the story. Also the writing style is very detached and almost feels like a textbook especially when it’s interwoven with definitions and statistics. The audio narrator sounds robotic so I would recommend a physical/ebook copy if you’re interested in reading it!

It’s difficult to rate non fiction especially when it’s about someone’s life so my rating is purely based on the author’s writing style choices and the audio narration. Overall it’s an important story that’s easily accessible for both adults and teens to learn from.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Racism and Murder

mccbooks's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Deadnaming

saragrochowski's review

challenging informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Bullying

max_vampire's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Dysphoria

maple_dove's review

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater is a book narrating the crime that happened between Richard (he/him), a boy, and Sasha (they/them), an agender teenager. It discusses the event with nuance, and asks questions, including  whether teenage violent offenders should be treated as adults.

To be honest, I can't really find the words to explain this book, nor what I liked or disliked about it. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Hate crime

Moderate: Confinement

Misgendering (graphic)