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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

6 reviews

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

booknerdz28's review

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

I read this in a couple of hours and it is honestly so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

jackieyvette's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Super quick read, like I’m talking 30 minutes. But the quickness does not take away from the story. 
It’s beautiful and chilling. 


Crying score: a little, yeah 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

jstarshine16's review

emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Blood, Drug use, Confinement, and Cursing

Minor: Gore, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

leguinstan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

 

Shawn was zipped into a bag
and rolled away, his blood added
to the pavement galaxy of
 
bubblegum stars. The tape 
framed it like it was art. And the next
day, kids would play mummy with it

This is only the second novel by Jason Reynolds that I have read and I am starting to think that he just might be one of the greatest middle grade/YA authors currently writing in the English language. Now granted, I have very little experience with middle grade and YA literature so needless to say my opinion on the matter amounts to very little… but NEVERTHELESS!!! his masterful wordsmithing in Long Way Down moves me, nay, compels me to make such a statement. 

Although the novel’s language is quite sparse, Reynolds delivers several emotional kicks through the teeth. The main character’s feelings of grief, fear, sorrow and uncertainty are made palpable through Reynold’s thoughtful use of imagery, metaphor, and word placement. The reading experience was as emotionally intense as it was brief–appropriate considering the immense emotional turmoil felt by the main character for the duration of one elevator ride.

This all makes for a perfectly good (pre-)teen novel but the way Jason Reynolds treats his readers is what makes Long Way Down a great (pre-)teen novel. He manages to tackle the heavy theme of gang violence without patronizing his readers. As I was reading, I got the impression that he sees his readers as intelligent individuals that are perfectly capable of handling nuance and subtlety. In short: Long Way Down deserves all the awards heaped upon it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Gore

my_weird_bookish_heart's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, and Violence