Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

5 reviews

cdkm9's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

A moving story, but some aspects of the writing style detracted from the book. One problem was that it wasn’t always clear when you were jumping forwards or backward in time. Another thing that bothered me is that the characters did not always have a consistent voice/tone— for example, a character could have a generally childish/nieve perspective but then out of nowhere there would be a sentence of their thoughts that was completely inconsistent with their usual tone.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Murder, Police brutality, and Rape

Minor: Confinement and Pregnancy

stellahadz's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-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

All I have to say is WOW. This is such a powerful, heart-wrenching story. While I can't relate to the specific situation of the characters, the book perfectly captures the feeling of growing out of childhood and retaining love for friends whose lives you no longer fit into. The demolition of the housing project echoes the loss of the characters' innocence and girlhood, which is just brilliant storytelling. Everything about this book feels nostalgic and melancholic. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking story of the grief, and ultimately the forgiveness, that comes with growing up.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

3littlewordz's review against another edition

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

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Addiction, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

reading_ladies_blog's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Addiction, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence