Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

24 reviews

anna_wa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Cancer, Medical content, Racism, Murder, Addiction, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Outing, and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident

jillianelis_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Oh, boy. I'd been looking forward to reading this since I saw it on the Youth Media Award winners list, and it did not disappoint. That said, the ending felt rushed and the reveal at the end kind of went over my head the first time, and I had to go back and reread in order for it to really click with me. 

Other than that, I really, really loved this book. It made me laugh, weep, grit my teeth in anger, and sit silently in reflection. I think I'll probably be sitting with this one for a while yet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Homophobia, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse

spookily's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cancer, Death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

onemamareads's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/we-deserve-monuments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Homophobia, Gun violence, Colonisation, Classism, Racial slurs, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

One of my favorite books of the year. And this audiobook narrator is a new favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Lesbophobia, Murder, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Death

powellki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Addiction, Sexism, Outing, Misogyny, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual assault

cvl_1103's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. A beautifully written and emotional novel about how trauma and grief can shape us but our lives can still be full of love and joy and the monuments to all those moments. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

leontyna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Maybe some of the secrets were overdone a little, but I don't care, I loved it. It was devastating in the best possible way, I haven't read an account of difficult but still alive family relationships that felt so real in a while. I wa angry, frustrated, frightened and sad with the characters. It was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Murder

katieritoch's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, and Child abuse