Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

57 reviews

mthornburg13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated

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Just a warm hug of a book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism

traceyanderson's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

adlane22's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Child abuse

meredithnudo's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Death of parent

None of the content warnings are endorsed by the author. The story is about fighting many different types of bigotry.

chellyfish's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful medium-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

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I think this book was a nice conclusion to the story established in the previous installment, though it might be slightly less compelling than the subsequent book. All of the characters are charming. Is it on the nose? Yeah. But quite frankly, who cares. We deserve something heart warming and on the nose and unflinchingly pro-trans and queer kids. I don't need that message to be occluded by symbolism. It can just be. Klune's afterword establishing his desire to be the "anti-JK Rowling" is also amazing.

While all of that remains true, the narration by Daniel Henning was sometimes cringe and hard to listen to. I don't remember having a visceral reaction to his narration in the Atlas Six series, so there must have been something specific going on about the choices here. It often sounded overwrought and on the verge of tears, and a couple of the character voices very strongly invoked a watered down Moira Rose and Vizzini from the Princess Bride. I stuck with it because I care about these characters and their story but oof.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Abandonment

sierraullman's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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This series just warmed my heart so much! The characters are so lovable and it's just such a real story of found family and perseverance. Also found myself relating a lot of the storyline to real life. The representation in the book is phenomenal. Can't wait to read more by TJ Klune. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Xenophobia

tfaydoyle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Another immensely enjoyable and profoundly moving novel. Having to take a break halfway through did not diminish the book, rather made the themes all the more devastatingly important for those who cannot put the book of their lives down and take a four month break. Wonderful and illuminating as always.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism, Deportation

jennipea382's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

eliof's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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What an incredible book. Liked it even more than the first one.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, War

henrietteterkelsen's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail