Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

I Kill Giants by J.M. Ken Niimura, Joe Kelly

7 reviews

lindseyj1982's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Bullying

noolesmooles's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.25

The way that this book slowly unfurls from the story of a young girl fighting imaginary challenges to very, very real ones is masterfully crafted. I found a couple of the frames difficult to see what was going on, especially in the beginning, but I soon got used to the style and flow of the layout. Really enjoyed this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Minor: Terminal illness, Self harm, Animal death, and Cancer

pmileham's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Deserves all the praise it has received. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

jayecard's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Bullying

lily1304's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.5

I love the story - Barbara is such a perfect little middle-school weirdo. And the art style is mesmerizing.

I love that I Kill Giants doesn't fit neatly into an age category, either. There are little things that would traditionally be "inappropriate" in a middle-grade novel, like Barbara's vulgar insults and the naked little sprites she sees.

The end is just a liiiiiittle too heavy-handed, but that's my only complaint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Self harm

Minor: Lesbophobia

mydearwatsonbooks's review

4.25

Beautiful.  Absolutely beautiful.  Full review at https://mydearwatsonbooks.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/i-kill-giants/.

Trigger warnings (and spoiler alerts):  bullying, possible self-harm, sick/absent parents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Cancer and Self harm

readerette's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Touching and accessible. It connected tenderly for this adult reader, and could easily translate the complexity of grief and the feeling of all the things we can't control, for many age groups.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Terminal illness