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chaoticnostalgia's review

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hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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kaerene's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed Dear Justyce. It took me a minute to remember the characters and the story/situation as I read Dear Martin last year and apparently remembered none of it as I’m pretty sure I sped read it in one setting. ANYWAY! Unlike last year, I enjoyed the switch from third to first person as it really helped the story along. I liked reading Quan’s letters and then learning about his history and the life events that led him in his journey throughout the book.

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stacy_27_'s review

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hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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kiahsbooks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.0

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kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

Sad yet hopeful. This book allows us to see what the world could look like, if we gave a damn. It provides a realistic look into the school to prison pipeline and so beautifully articulates the why for young men & women who get caught up in illegal activities when they know they shouldn’t.

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katelynprice's review

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challenging reflective 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

4.0

Nic Stone is a fantastic writer and has given us another well-written book about black teen incarceration, police brutality, and systemic racism. Her books are so readable, relatable, and downright necessary. I didn't love this one quite as much as I did Dear Martin, but I still consider both to be beneficial reading. If I could require people to read particular books, both in this series would be on the required reading list.

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caterina's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

A strong sequel following a character from the first book who had much less support, and yet this book too is hopeful, full of lovable characters, and even more than the first imagines a better world. If there's ever a surprise book #3, I'm reading it too!

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cestnicka's review

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emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

Writing a sequel is always difficult, especially when you weren’t planning on writing it in the first place. However I felt like this sequel completely made sense and I actually liked it more than the first one.

I appreciated that she kept it very current with what is going on right now in the real world. I also thought she paired down the “issues” she was trying to tackle in one book so I felt like the message she was trying to convey was a lot easier to follow. And it felt more heartfelt. I could tell she did a lot of research for this book and wanted to make sure that the scenarios and the characters felt as realistic as possible.

I also felt like this book is probably the book kids would relate to the most out of the two because reality is that most of these troubled kids are “quans” and not justyce’s”. What I loved is how she connected the two books/characters at the end and finished off the storyline.

The few things I didn’t love about the book was that the ending felt very fairytale. I just don’t see it being super realistic for him to have that big of a support system. And she does address that at the end of the book and stated most kids wouldn’t have what quan ended up having, but she wanted to write the story like that. But I do think it makes it feel a bit less authentic.

I also find some of the conversations between the two boys a bit juvenile,And a bit cringy. So sometimes I had a hard time getting through their conversations cause I feel like people just don’t talk like that. And I felt that way reading the first book as well. So maybe it’s just the style but it’s not my favorite.

I definitely think people should read this book as it gives a really really good perspective into what these kids are going through and what happened in their life that put the on the “troubled path”. I think it could help people understand this population better and help “check their privilege” as Jared would say

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