Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia

6 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

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

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