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thebookgiraffe's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Islamophobia and Racism
Minor: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Blood, and Gun violence
le_lobey's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Elhillo richly describes food, clothing, music, and dance. The sensuousness of the language was a real strong suit. I haven't read many novels in verse, so I don't know how this compares with others in the genre, but the text seemed to favor the novelistic over the poetic. It was almost prose-like, though maybe I wasn't attuned to rhythmic aspects. Elhillo does slam poetry, and I tried to read with pauses inserted where there were breaks in the text, but I often found myself reading through the chapters as if they were sentences in a prose text and had no issue. I'd love to read some of her poetry to see if/how it differs.
Graphic: Racism, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Police brutality
xread_write_repeatx's review against another edition
Graphic: Islamophobia, Hate crime, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Police brutality, Death of parent, and Bullying
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
tinytrashqueen's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, Bullying, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault and Infidelity
sun_hearth's review
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Islamophobia, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Violence
courtneyfalling's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Death of parent, Hate crime, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Car accident and Infidelity
kayleyhyde's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia
Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Gun violence