Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

14 reviews

discworldwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Ableism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, and Child death

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Car accident

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

cheesepuppy's review

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

I should have kept track of how many times this book made me cry. There were 100 pages or so that skillfully brought out the tears. This book has layers.  Aside from the main story line, we also get to see Moss deal with his own mental health, friendships, and a potential boyfriend.

Queer representation: non-binary, bisexual, biromantic, ace, gay, lesbian 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Blood, Cursing, and Vomit

alisazhup's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

-Not a fan of how this author wrote their disabled character
-Some things just seemed like technological inaccuracies.

The whole metal detector part was not the most believable to me

-The main characters weren't exactly one dimensional, but they were written as perfect and faultless (except for Esperanza) which made for boring reading sometimes. It was hard to connect with anyone

I liked the diverse cast of characters, the social justice plot, and

that the end wasn't wrapped up in a perfect bow

. I know some people say that it was unrealistic for Moss and his friends to experience no homophobia, especially at school, and I agree, but I don't think it's a flaw. It's actually refreshing to read about someone who uses they/them pronouns, for example, and is never misgendered or deadnamed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, and Misogyny