Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

17 reviews

rexlouise's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse

kaitykriss's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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Challenging and thought provoking. I definitely cried about 3/4 of the way through the book. A fantastic read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse

solnit_and_sebastian's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Stone's debut is a poignant and powerful YA novel told from the perspective of a Black teenager navigating his senior year of high school. The reader will witness the microaggressions and overt aggressions faced by Justyce and some of his friends as he questions his own identity, biases, and purpose. This novel has important points to make about privilege, profiling, and race in modern America, and deftly weaves these themes into the gripping narrative. The dialogue was enchanting, and the characters were fun to spend time with. I can't wait to read more of Nic Stone's work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Grief, Murder

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

blombern's review against another edition

3.75

challenging sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief

erinmcav's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse

len_magoi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

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i hate white people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: No

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Touching story about growing up Black, trying to better your situation, and the issues that can arise. This story is tragic yet hopeful and shines a light on the ways that racism is both a domino effect in communities of color and a cyclical phenomenon that affects people of all races. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

charlotteschapter's review against another edition

4.25

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Police brutality

Minor: Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Murder

adrienne_c's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder