Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

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

31 reviews

sunnybugz's review

informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

Read this book for class- a very interesting memoir. As a genderqueer autistic person, I related to Sasha a lot. But as someone who grew up poor and in a rough neighbourhood, I emphasized deeply with Richard. I appreciate the in-depth discussion about the failures of the justice system- especially the juvenile justice system. I appreciate how Richard wasn't made out to be an extreme villain, but rather a teenager who did something terrible but is growing from it. The pacing wasn't my favourite, and the writing felt somewhat flat at times, but the story itself is very important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming, Racism, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Cursing

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

sssssoup's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

skullotonin's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Self harm

freg's review

challenging inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

barnacleg00se's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.25

I was very interested in the story of this book, but I didn't like the deadnaming of two real trans people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Hate crime, and Deadnaming

Minor: Gun violence

chave_cempasuchil's review

informative

4.75

i should note that i am definitely this book's target audience.

it felt weird for me to rate something that actually happened, so this review will focus more on the author's storytelling.

things i did like:
- Slater brought out both sides of the story in a way that turned my originally set-in-stone into a mess. She showed readers each person's story, their environment, and just who they are as people and that made, not all but so much, of the difference.
- i liked Slater's writing style; i liked the little bits of verse thrown in, the way she described each involved person in a very creative and informative way.

things i didn't like:
- the story felt disjointed at times -- chapters would jump from topic to topic at seemingly random times, which can work if done very right, but in this case i think it was just too much, made it too complicated.

overall this is a really important story, and it didn't make me feel the way i thought it would. which is a good thing for me. The 57 Bus was an insightful read, and i think it's a book for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming

there was a lot a lot a lot of misgendering and deadnaming of Sasha throughout the book, which isn't the fault of the author, as the majority was done by police officers and the news, but i know this could be a TW for some people and made me personally feel pretty uncomfortable reading. (Dashka Slater does use deadnames for Sasha (and a few others) as well, but states in the beginning of the book that this was with the consent of all people in question.)

emakay's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, and Homophobia

amberinbookland's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Bullying, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism and Religious bigotry

chrisseyreads's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical content, Suicide, and Deadnaming