Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

18 reviews

morebedsidebooks's review

medium-paced

4.0

As time has passed The 57 Bus has won multiple awards and made many best books list. As well as the dubious attention of appearing frequently in book challenges.
 

See my blog for an in-depth review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Cursing, Murder, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

This book also discusses the drug wars of the 1980s and 90s and mentions a parent incarcerated for drug offenses.

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

2.5

I ready liked some aspects of this book. I've not read a lot of young adult non-fiction and I found it very engaging. I think it tells a very important story about both sides of the crime and how it affected everyone involved and how unfair the US justice system is. 

However, I do think this could really use an update. There are various points where I found the language used outdated and uncomfortable. Also while focusing on an agender teen, it felt like this book fell into its own binary of man and woman, and other. There was very little space in this book for the gender spectrum. 

There were also a few descriptions of people that seemed unnecessary and made me feel kind of uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder, Ableism, and Confinement

Minor: Fatphobia and Rape

nickthefailure's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, and Violence

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

garynoplastie's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual assault

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

ariam's review

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Transphobia

lexa's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.75

Interesting and eye-opening. A bit slow/drawn out for my preferences, but overall a well told story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Sexual harassment