Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Long Division by Kiese Laymon

5 reviews

gaycornbread420's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Vomit

flamesocks's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

thecaffeinatedblackgirl's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

All things considered…

If you haven’t read this book you are missing out on a masterpiece. 

This book gets ALL of the stars. It’s a speculative fiction that is just beyond dope. From the format of the book (for part 2 of the book you literally have to flip the book over - so effing cool), to morally gray characters, to the dialogue between the characters, and the magical way Kiese ties everything together… *insert chef’s kiss* 

City, Shalaya, Baize, LaVander and their stories will live in my head rent free for a very long time.  I won’t be surprised if I read this book again this year…so nice gotta read it twice. 😉.

5/5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent

stevie's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Violence, and Sexism

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, and Kidnapping