Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

7 reviews

agirlsnightbookbash's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, and Cancer

Minor: Child death, Violence, and Murder

gtures's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Terminal illness

itsradsmads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Child death and Abortion

sunflowerwork's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Child death, Vomit, and Terminal illness

shellroch285's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

I thought the story was executed very well, and I appreciated the format. I’ve read novels in verse before but never one quite like this one. I feel like I got to know all of the characters equally, and I loved how much the story dove deep into the past before returning to the present.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racism, and Sexual content

sarahmae531's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

A beautiful book, the end of the book hit me hard, I wish we saw more after the ending, but also it ended in the perfect way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

sophoclea's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

lovely series of reflections from several generations of the same family. not necessarily united by telling a single narrative, but providing glimpses into moments in the lives of several generations of this family. beautiful.

the most profound inclusion of 9/11 or Tulsa that I've encountered - not about these events, but about how they shaped the experiences of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Violence, Drug use, and Racism

brief descriptions of Tulsa massacre and 9/11