Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

21 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

fjswabey19's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

• 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 against another edition

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