Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

5 reviews

morganperks's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Grief, Drug abuse, Violence, Bullying, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cursing, Racism, Addiction, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Police brutality

sunsetcity's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence

sabrinaelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

This book tells the story of Maverick Carter and what happened when he was stuck with a baby at 17, then how his second baby Starr was conceived. It also discussed how he got into and then chose to leave the gang his dad used to run.

For the most part, I really loved this story. It was very inspiring to have Maverick working his way back up after multiple bad decisions and deciding what to do with his life.

There were other aspects of this book that I thought were unnecessary. Some things felt like they didn't need to be included, and I thought this book could have been a decent bit shorter.

I also had a problem with the treatment of unprotected sex within this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Grief, Sexism, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content

bookstorebinge's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs