Reviews tagging 'Death'

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

21 reviews

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

maregred's review

challenging inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Classism, Drug abuse, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Addiction, Gun violence, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

znvisser's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Fiction that reads like a memoir. Coming of age story with children in heartbreaking circumstances and adults that influence their environments by the choices they had to make for themselves. Interesting characters and beautiful writing. Main character was a bit eager to save everyone and heavy on religion to me personally but I can appreciate how it tied into the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

3littlewordz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Bullying

hilarymercer's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, and Domestic abuse

erinmcav's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

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

abzster53's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, and Torture

Minor: Sexual harassment

karyan1's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Police brutality, Drug use, Violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Bullying

Moderate: Pregnancy and Blood