Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

19 reviews

fjswabey19's review

challenging inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

distractible's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

hannahcomer4d's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug abuse, Trafficking, Police brutality, Child death, Death, Blood, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

mamaofperfectpayton's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, and Violence

amandalorianxo's review

dark informative sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

This was a well written debut told mostly through hindsight / flashbacks mixed with present day. An all too real occurrence for those growing up in the projects or the “wrong side of the tracks” What Felicia and her friends go through in just one summer was truly heart breaking and I can’t wait to read more from this author. Despite there being a lot more sad components than happy ones, this is an informative, realistic read about a small section of Chicago’s South Side. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Blood

annreadsabook's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

vogt_mel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Sexual assault, and Violence

samlencioni's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, and Drug use

meg_charest's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This book felt me, in many ways, like a contemporary Toni Morrison novel in its painfully poignant vignette-y telling of Black girlhood. The story takes place in 1990s Chicago and captures the way a group of children encounter violence and gain awareness of shared and individual trauma. It highlights the failings of systems and the ways in which systems cause intentional harm to Black folks through the eyes of girls who lose the right to their innocence and childhood because the world refuses to protect them and fights against the loved ones who try to shield them. Tough read at times, but beautifully written and exquisite characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Racism, and Drug use

combepherre's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Child death, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Police brutality, Rape, Trafficking, Child abuse, Addiction, Bullying, and Abandonment