Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

68 reviews

janetsuzanne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Murder

meganpbell's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Boyz n the Hood meets A Christmas Carol in this powerful and moving young adult novel in verse about a young man contemplating his response, revenge, and “the rules” his brother, just killed in a shooting, taught him. Our bookstore is helping a local teacher give away 60 copies of this book to his students for summer reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

adearajean's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Violence

te_ss_i's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Body horror, Death, Grief, Blood, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

bt_wannabe's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Beautiful, lyrical, and poignant. A minute that will stay with you forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death

susaned's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Powerful novel in verse about gun violence. Will, a teen set on revenge after his brother's shooting death, gets on the elevator with a gun and has a ride down full of ghosts and smoke. You coming? Ends the book. So much death and tragedy in Will's life already.  Will he join the ghosts? Simply an amazing book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Violence, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Child death

mamaofperfectpayton's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

hazeleyeddreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Grief, Blood, Child death, Classism, and Death

joshuahc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol