Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

13 reviews

manta_moony's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really loved the way everyone’s stories were pieced together. There was also segments that contained information pertaining to the story to help give the reader perspective which was really helpful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Bullying, Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide

kteliza28's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Very interesting read from the perspective of the victim and the offender. Insightful look into the logistics of trials and the penal system, especially for youth. Intriguing look into the lives of both kids. Challenges the reader to hear two sides of a story and a reminder that a moment of bad decision making can change a life forever. We are not all our worst moments and we are not all our scars.
At times it felt this book dragged towards the last half. There were some parts that seemed to be filler content and didn’t add as much to the storyline. It was hard to see someone misgendered so much but I’m glad they included every time it happened to really showcase the way that agender, nonbinary, and trans people are often overlooked. Also hard to hear the stats of the way the justice system so negatively impacts black youth and how many lose friends and family to tragic deaths at such a young age. Guy wrenching read with heartwarming moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical content

bookishperseus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical content, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Medical content, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Classism, Child death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying

savvypotions's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Deadnaming

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Violence, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Transphobia, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Murder, Drug use, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism

fred_nom_nom's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

3.25

I don't recommend this book as a first or only source of information on the topic, because you can tell that the person who wrote it isn't directly effected by the things they're writing about e.g misgendering, using deadnames and using words and discriptions which aren't fitting or even hurtful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Hate crime

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Racial slurs, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

2.5

I ready liked some aspects of this book. I've not read a lot of young adult non-fiction and I found it very engaging. I think it tells a very important story about both sides of the crime and how it affected everyone involved and how unfair the US justice system is. 

However, I do think this could really use an update. There are various points where I found the language used outdated and uncomfortable. Also while focusing on an agender teen, it felt like this book fell into its own binary of man and woman, and other. There was very little space in this book for the gender spectrum. 

There were also a few descriptions of people that seemed unnecessary and made me feel kind of uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Hate crime, Racism, Transphobia, Racial slurs, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Ableism, and Confinement

Minor: Fatphobia and Rape

nickthefailure's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, and Violence

sssssoup's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

skullotonin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Self harm