Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

11 reviews

sarkenobi's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Police brutality

berglindsh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Racism

stekka__'s review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.25

An amazing book! Written in an interesting style that was easy to get through but kept you interested from star t to end. Loved this inspiring story about injustice and race:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Cursing and Hate crime

Minor: Death of parent

iheartm4m's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Physical abuse, Gore, and Blood

birkenstonk's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Racism

brookey8888's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.5

Wow was very good. I honestly had no clue what this was about when I picked it up, I just recognized the author. This is such an important story that everyone should read. It does discuss hard, but important topics so be prepared. Some of the poems(?) gave me goosebumps. The reason it’s a 4.5 is because it did take me a while to get used to the verse and kind of connect with the story, but once I did I couldn’t put this down. Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Confinement, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Hate crime

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Slavery, and Hate crime

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Islamophobia

kim_berley's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Violence and Hate crime

sisters_reads7's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

I loved this book so much! It's about Amal who is falsely accused of a crime. He is put in prison or juvie. He learns how to turn his anger into art.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Violence

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This novel in verse follows the experiences and feelings of Amal Shahid, a black teen facing a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit. These events are based on the experience of Yusef Salaam, who had a similar conviction and wrote some of the poems while in prison. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Coma, wrongful incarceration, incarceration of a teenager