Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

18 reviews

kteliza28's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Very interesting read from the perspective of the victim and the offender. Insightful look into the logistics of trials and the penal system, especially for youth. Intriguing look into the lives of both kids. Challenges the reader to hear two sides of a story and a reminder that a moment of bad decision making can change a life forever. We are not all our worst moments and we are not all our scars.
At times it felt this book dragged towards the last half. There were some parts that seemed to be filler content and didn’t add as much to the storyline. It was hard to see someone misgendered so much but I’m glad they included every time it happened to really showcase the way that agender, nonbinary, and trans people are often overlooked. Also hard to hear the stats of the way the justice system so negatively impacts black youth and how many lose friends and family to tragic deaths at such a young age. Guy wrenching read with heartwarming moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical content

avitakaur's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder

bookishperseus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical content, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Medical content, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Classism, Child death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying

savvypotions's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Deadnaming

mattyb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Violence, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Transphobia, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Murder, Drug use, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism

wheatlyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Suicide

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

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