Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis

16 reviews

drtx_bwt's review

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

Minor: Bullying, Gaslighting, and Animal cruelty

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.25

A 9 year old named Violet came into the bookstore to celebrate her birthday and, when she saw my dragon t-shirt, recommended me this middle grades graphic novel about a young Chinese-American girl who’s gifted a dragon egg! While I didn’t love the representation of scientists or Mongolia or the emphasis on blood, I was blown away by the action, plot twists, stunning art, and lovable characters—Nate the dragon enthusiastically included!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Alcoholism, Blood, War, Death of parent, Medical content, and Vomit

samreadsthings's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

katelynprice's review against another edition

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Racism, Bullying, and Cancer

Minor: Abandonment

eva333's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Very fun and enjoyable story about a girl who finds a dragon. A nice mix of life as a teen, mythology, and not so typical teen things. I also really enough the art style. It's very colourful and the dragons are simply gorgeous! 

 A nice story on its own but it also makes me excited to read the second part and see how the story will continue. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Violence, Grief, and Bullying

cozyreader9752's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, and Animal cruelty

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Cancer, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, and Grief

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

This middle grade comic is pretty cute! What it has to offer: Chinese-American mc, cute art style, diverse cast, dragons, Chinese mythology, Chinese setting, and adventure. What’s not so great: whenever the characters need to know something, they basically just google it (even preposterous things) or someone conveniently just read about it, and the villain dialogue is not good at all. The book also portrays science as inherently evil in a simplistic way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Medical content