Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

11 reviews

capacity4wonder's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Drug use, Gun violence, Death, and Death of parent

zombiezami's review

challenging reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Classism, Violence, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Murder, Death, Pregnancy, and Bullying

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Excrement, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Stalking, Vomit, Drug use, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Confinement, and Addiction

Minor: Slavery, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

Incarcation, Gang violence

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Racism, Abandonment, Grief, Toxic friendship, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content, Infidelity, Abortion, Addiction, and Medical content

bratlingling's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

Read it in go, really loved the characters, the plot is not really finished and more just a chapter in the main character's life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, and Police brutality

confused_art_person's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Drug use

anxiouspurpleelephant's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Murder, and Death of parent

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.25

So I needed something to read for pride that had a red cover on it (trying to read the rainbow during the summer) and I knew Angie Thomas was a well known author but this exceeded my expectations on portraying the life of a black male teenager in the late 90’s. I’m the type of reader where if I know a series has a prequel - I tend to want to read that first to get an idea of any backstory before I spot the Easter eggs in the other novels. This is Starr’s father’s storyline and it has a bisexual character (I’m not going to spoil who it is) but finishing Maverick’s story today made me put the other two novels by Angie Thomas on hold in the library. Definitely worth reading. I cried, laughed and held on for the ride. A few things here and there could have been altered yet it doesn’t change how important this book is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood

kie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, and Death

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Blood

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Biphobia

aquakerwitch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

Angie Thomas writes the most vivid characters I’ve ever read. I feel like I know them all and fall in love with them even in a relatively short book like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence