Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza, Abby Sher

27 reviews

dtvanderwoude's review

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I'm a teacher, and I was looking for a novel to teach to my 12th graders involving immigration.  When a co-worker suggested Sanctuary, it seemed perfect. 

This is a beautiful story about the struggles many immigrants face today, exaggerated, but not by much.

This broke my heart on so many levels. The fact that this is so close to reality.  The loss they go through, the need for survival.

I can't wait to read it with my students, I feel like it opened my eyes to SO much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment, Grief, and Trafficking

reads_cats's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, and War

katto's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

happilyeveralli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.5

I can't describe how much I love subtle dystopias. Sure, the Hunger Games is an almost-masterpiece, but sometimes I just want a dystopia that feels so much like our world that it makes you shake in your boots. That's what Sanctuary is. It feels like a nightmare—far from our world, but sadly not unreachable. Listening to the book also gave it another layer of emotion. I cried and laughed with the characters; felt their joy and pain. It's very likely and basically impossible that I'll ever experience anything like the main characters, but I could only hope that in their world, they end up just fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Trafficking

abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Child death, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Trafficking, and Sexual violence

savgulick's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• 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: Hate crime and Child death

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

ntshngt's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Child death

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Rape