Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline

4 reviews

crystalisreading's review

adventurous emotional hopeful

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Confinement, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, Cursing, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia, Car accident, Genocide, and Forced institutionalization

Threats of being sent to Indian boarding school

brooketreads's review

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

3.5

I thought this was pretty good. I will say, I’ve never read The Secret Garden though. 😅 I loved Mary and Olive developing a friendship. I may love found family (quite literally in this case). I thought the very end with them was so sweet.

I did find the story predictable. As I said, I haven’t read The Secret Garden so I have no clue how closely it follows that. I found the pacing a little off - this may be just me. I’m not really a fan of historical fiction, so this may have been some of my issue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent and Classism

caidyn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was quite a cute and lighthearted read. It has some difficult and tough topics, but overall it shines as a sweet read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

kayceeisbookish's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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

Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Confinement, and Racism