Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

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

60 reviews

benrioux's review

emotional sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

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

sarahbouvier's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

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Graphic: Hate crime

katiescott's review

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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

Moderate: Death

oheberlein's review

informative fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime

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

bookmanity's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

santreads's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

fast compulsive and easy to read. not the sort of 'true crime' I thought it would be but definitely a good dive into classism, racism, the justice system and homophobic people (??). Sounds complicated but it's actually not. 

more thoughts on this coming soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

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

phkodee's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

This book, although talking about difficult topics, was put into a format that was "easy" to consume. It's a great book to get you thinking about the criminal justice system, economic inequality, and society's view on minorities. A quick(ish) read that was extremely interesting and starts discussions on important/modern issues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual violence