Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

113 reviews

stateofiction's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

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the shortest books always pack the biggest punch

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence

elizabeth_ann20's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism

mandi4886's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Yes

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Everyone needs to read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

riella_reads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-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: No

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 This was a very powerful read. I've been hesitant to read this, along with a few others based on the subject matter. The injustice that occurs in this book also happens every single day and it makes me so mad. I was so livid reading this, at the complete ignorance and disregard for some of these characters. I know this was the intent of the book and it was done well.

I will definitely read the second book, and more from this author. I really enjoyed the writing style and think that while difficult, it is important to read. I'm really glad I finally read this and I'm going to make an active effort to try to read more like it, despite the difficult subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol

e_flah's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Dear Martin tackles a lot of topics in a short page count. I thought the premise of Justyce writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a really interesting one. The story itself was a bit more slice-of-life than I was expecting; a lot of the action is delivered through vignettes that jump throughout Justyce's time in high school and college. I would've loved a bit more development of Justyce and the other reoccurring characters, like Martin and SJ, as they all seemed very surface-level. 

All that said, I can see why this is a modern classic. Dear Martin provides a great introduction to racial justice and Black Lives Matter. 

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Content Warnings

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

death of a friend, death by gun violence, discussion of drug use, mentions of gang violence, police violence

harmonyrose's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality

akir's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad 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: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Murder

rkreads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, Grief

effys's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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My god this book hit me so hard. It really represents how we really have not come far as a society and how many white people act like just because we all sit on the same seats on a bus segregation doesn’t exist anymore. I’m mixed race and grew up seeing both sides of everything and I think this book really represents that well and I could connect to it with my own experiences. 

This book really got me quite emotional but it’s definitely a great read that starts a conversation that needs to be had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Medical content

agnesee's review against another edition

5.0

reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Death, Gun violence