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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

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theonlybaillie's review

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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meganpbell's review against another edition

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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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te_ss_i's review against another edition

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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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katelynprice's review

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challenging emotional 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

5.0

I read this in one sitting and can't get over what Jason Reynolds can do with words. So powerful!

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jzargo_thebird's review

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

So much with so little. The message shared was clear and meaningful while only using a couple words.

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jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition

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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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brookeisbusyreading's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

[3.5]

I struggled with rating this book because there are positives and almost equal negatives for me.

Positives:
- That ending was PERFECT!
- With the poetry style, Reynolds still did a good job with character development.
- The worldbuilding was decent.

Negatives:
- I have a HUGE pet peeve with broken grammar and it made me cringe so hard I nearly imploded every time. (I’m a grammar nerd, what can I say?)
- There were some back and forth with the backstory/plot that gave me a bit of whiplash.
- The language shifted between that broken grammar to more propar grammar inconsistently. I know it’s a stylistic choice but it didn’t have as much of an impact for me.

So yeah, some things I liked about Long Way Down and some things I disliked. Still glad I gave it a shot. I’d also like to read the graphic novel too. I think my library has it too!

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