Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

11 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

4.0

This was a fantastic social thriller. It was heart-wrenching to read about how this fictional school abused students, knowing that in real life, so many adults think you can brutalize children into being successful adults. 

There were a few plot threads that felt like they weren’t explored as much as they could have been. The ending also felt abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Addiction, Classism, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Gangs, incarceration

redroseses's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Racism, Pregnancy, Classism, Alcohol, Violence, and Alcoholism

mwass's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? No

4.5

The production value for this audiobook was wonderful!!! The cast of voices were so good and really brought to life the characters! For a YA novel I thought this book was outstanding!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

patricktreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

Promise Boys is Pretty Little Liars, but better. This story is a dark who done it set to very current issues and situations that many young people, especially people of color deal with on a daily basis. From racism to false allegations and even automatic wrong doing assumptions, it is all there. 

I give the story itself a full 5 out of 5, and the audio book I give a 10 out of 5. The production put into it was outstanding, and the full cast knocked it out of the park. 

The only part I didn't like was that I didn't know it was going to be a series. That cliffhanger!!! Oh my goodness! Read it. You won't be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Misogyny, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Cursing

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment and Panic attacks/disorders

chris_reads's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

I enjoyed the story, and the killer wasn't who I was expecting, though plenty of hints were dropped as to who it might be. I liked the focus on who these boys weren't bad kids they were just seen that way because of the color of their skin and the neighborhoods they were from. I also really liked the epilogue and seeing where they ended up.
Also the full-cast audio really drew me into the story and was amazingly done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

parksidereads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

𝙰𝚗 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚣𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐.

You guys, typically YA thrillers are not my jam. But the premise of Promise Boys and the fact it took place in my new home town, I jumped at the opportunity to give it a go, and it did not disappoint. 

As a fast-paced thriller told from multiple POVs, Promise Boys has a unique format that breathes so much life into the characters, setting, and plot that future thrillers will aspire to be as impressive.

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘊'𝘴 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘑.𝘉., 𝘙𝘢𝘮ó𝘯, & 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘺, 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?

But it doesn't stop there. This book is SO MUCH MORE than a whodunit. It casts a much needed spotlight on race, privilege, our failing educational system, and the hopes and dreams of our youth. Guys, this book will force you to think and is perfect for some really deep book club discussions.

Many thanks to the publisher for my gifted audiobook copy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Classism, and Bullying

bookswithca's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Bullying, Addiction, Blood, Stalking, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence