Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

6 reviews

sunsorbit's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Confinement, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

beckyraines's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

As an adult reading this, it’s very clearly a YA dystopian novel. The language is simple and the characters are…teenagers! And act like it! 

The dystopia being set in the world we live in right now in the United States was interesting and challenging and heartbreaking. The sci-fi tech was believable and depressing as I considered how plausible those scenarios were.

It’s a good YA novel and refreshingly focused on queer BIPOC characters. As an adult, it’s probably good that I wasn’t totally compelled by the teenage romance! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Murder and Racial slurs

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Mostly focused on how three teenagers respond to police brutality/government surveillance, but I wish there had been some attention to why Governor Ambrose made the choices she did and/or how the political atmosphere evolved to result in the creation of the dome. World building was very light, which is maybe explained by the fact that this isn't a far-flung dystopia. I never really connected with Jamal, Marco, or Cat. Jamal's narration was a bit corny at times, and the ending definitely had me rolling my eyes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Confinement, Classism, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

1quillb's review

tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This book has a really good idea attached to it, but was executed very poorly. The editing needs some work—at one point Marco is referred to as Jamal by the narrator, and there’s a couple strange spellings of words—and the whole idea isn’t very believable. If a giant impenetrable dome surrounded a city and martial law went into affect, things like clubs and hotels wouldn’t still be open. That’s just not realistic. It would be like the Purge, not a regular Tuesday. I appreciate what Jackson was trying to do, it just wasn’t written in a way that made sense.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Violence, Classism, and Blood

Minor: Classism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, and Gun violence

readalongwithnat's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, and Police brutality

pey333's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Classism, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Cursing, Hate crime, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs