Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

10 reviews

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, and Slavery

emzireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death of parent

purplepenning's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Bullying, Gun violence, Racism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Slavery, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Car accident

infinitezest's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-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? No

4.0

The book is worth a read for the titular story alone, which is novella-sized and is a richly imagined modern version of The Parable of the Sower minus the religion. The rest of the stories were hit or miss for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Hate crime

rozereads's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective 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

3.75

The audio book was read by an amazing cast.  The first story read by LeVar Burton -- wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Hate crime

sunah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

I loved this, I was hooked from the very first page!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Gun violence, and Death

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

5.0

What an amazing collection of stories.

CWs: Racism, violence, death, gun violence, hate crime, slavery, grief, car accident, pregnancy, ableism, chronic illness (asthma), cursing, infidelity, police brutality, murder, fire. Moderate: Fatphobia, rape, sexual content, war. Minor: adult/minor relationship, sexual assault, blood.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Ableism, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, Death, Hate crime, Slavery, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War, Rape, Sexual content, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Slavery, Car accident, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content and Fatphobia

deadeye's review

challenging dark reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Hate crime, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Blood and Sexual assault

stevie's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, and Violence