Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia

8 reviews

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Trafficking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Slavery

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I had a bit of a hard time with this read but the amount of black history, never give up attitude, help those in need vibes. And the ending? Sold. These books are young for me but have so much goodness packed into them I am so grateful that they exist in the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Hate crime, Racism, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

greeniezona's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a very satisfying ending to the Tristan Strong universe, weaving from hopelessness in the face of the legacies of racism to rage to community to defiance. Gum Baby continues to be a joy, and getting to read her sass out loud makes this one of my favorite series for family story time. 

Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Racism

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Death, Racism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Colonisation, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

bookwyrmknits's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

This is a great conclusion to the Tristan Strong series. I love that it wraps up all the plot points, without making it feel like the characters themselves are finished—just the story.

There's a little bit of everything in this story: adventure, introspection, found family, daring rescues, sad moments, and even a touch of budding romance. I appreciate how the kids handle most of the action (it is, after all, a middle grade book) but the adults do provide real, tangible help. The adults are actually present in the book, which is nice to see.

There are definite mentions of and reference to slavery, but it is a MG book and everything is tailored to its audience. I think any age group could read this and learn something from it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Violence

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Trafficking, and Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, War, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Grief

f18's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Dementia