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Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

7 reviews

chaoticnostalgia's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Classism, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Cancer

Minor: Pregnancy and Drug use

kaerene's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, and Abandonment

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Grief, Classism, Confinement, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Addiction, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

cestnicka's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Hate crime, Racism, and Panic attacks/disorders

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

rayraymakay's review

challenging dark hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

Everything Nic Stone produces is absolutely remarkable and Dear Justyce is no exception. You feel for the character the entirety of the book and want him to succeed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Racism, Addiction, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

hermithailey's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders