Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

7 reviews

useyourgoodeye's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was an amazing book. I didn't know much at all about the Tulsa riots and having the perspectives of the characters was great! If you like mysteries and history, read this now!!!?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

sarahcrowell's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, Blood, Gore, and Hate crime

le3713's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Hate crime

sarahaf712's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Torture

knifewifestan's review

emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Car accident

jaec11's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was a difficult, fascinating, and beautiful read.

It alternates from present to past, when a girl has just found a dead body in her house, and the story of how it got there is revealed. It's mysterious and done in a masterful way.

The way racism is tackled in this book is eye opening and heart breaking. The Race Riots in Tulsa were a large part of this book, and an event I had barely heard of before and was thus very interested to learn about.

My complaints about this book are that, while the ending was satisfying,

it seemed too perfect, especially for such an event described to be so awful. It seemed unrealistic that everybody survive and live happily ever after.

it seemed a little out of place. Also more minor, but I don't think the title of the book really matches anything significant in the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

nonbinarylibrarianwitch's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism