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Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

8 reviews

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

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I listened to the audiobook and omg, if that is accessible to you, please opt for the audiobook! It's so damn good. It's so wonderfully produced and one of the best audiobooks I've read ever!!! These are the narrators:

• Nick Brooks with Alfred Vines (Narrator)
• Brad Sanders (Narrator)
• Christopher Hampton (Narrator)
• Anthony M. Lopez (Narrator)
• Eliana Marianes (Narrator)
• Hannah Church (Narrator)
• Henriette Zoutomou (Narrator)
• Jaime Lincoln Smith (Narrator)
• Maria Liatis (Narrator)
• Renier Cortes (Narrator)
• Suehyla El-Attar (Narrator)
• Xenia Willacey (Narrator) 

Three young men of color from the Urban Promise Preparatory School are accused of murder when their principal is found dead. To prove their innocence, Ramon, JB & Trey must find and unveil the real murderer! 

I was truly on edge throughout this entire book, even though some parts felt strictly about character-building and getting to know these kids. However, the narration was top notch, kept me so engaged, and I rooted so hard for these characters to prove everybody wrong! Whomever produced this audiobook needs to produce more YA thrillers/mysteries because this was so dang entertaining!

Also, make this a movie! Thank you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

pucksandpaperbacks's review against another edition

Phoenomonal story. Phoneomal audiobook. No notes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Violence, Police brutality, Death, Alcohol, Murder, and Pregnancy

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

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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