Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Gone by Michael Grant

17 reviews

kindajason's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

ok honestly this was so much better than i expected it to be. I remember not liking this series nearly as much as i liked the Maximum Ride books, but now I see tv at they aren't even really comparable. These books are much more like the Hunger Games or Divergent than Maximum Ride. The cast is incredibly diverse and there's actually some decent and (seemingly) well researched portrayal of various mental illnesses and disorders. I wasn't sure if i'd want to read the rest of these books, but after this one i'm definitely interested z

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Gun violence, and Eating disorder

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

sophiejessica415's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Ableism

Moderate: Eating disorder

tbs250's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Child death, Torture, Animal death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Ableism

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Cursing, and Racism

thesawyerbean's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A very interesting and terrifying YA dystopia - I am very excited to read the next instalment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Gun violence, Gore, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Racism, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

glains's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Eating disorder, and Child death

jules86's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.75

Hate how often they use “retard!” 

It’s basically a modern day Lord of the Flies meets under the Dome. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Alcoholism and Eating disorder

pumpkinvegetable's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This book is exceptionally readable. Reading it feels like watching Heroes or Misfits and I loved both of those shows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Torture, Gore, and Eating disorder