Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

50 reviews

readerforlife's review against another edition

5.0

challenging funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death

iamstraightasanoodle's review against another edition

3.5

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder

emakay's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality

caoimhe9876's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Grief, Murder

Minor: Drug use, Vomit

paigekameryn's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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: Complicated

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If I could give Dear Marvin 10⭐️ I totally would! Nic Stone did a phenomenal job capturing a glimpse of what it’s like for Black Americans being racially profiled. I think she did an excellent job with character development & I liked the pace of the book. I can’t wait to read Dear Justyce next because I couldn’t put this one down! & now I want to know is this a movie yet or at least can it be?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Murder

brookey8888's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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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Such a powerful read.

I think this book is super important and impactful. I loved Jus and the range of growth and emotion he went through. This book made me laugh, cry, and incredibly angry. I also think the range of characters in this is so important to show all the different perspectives and aspects. The writing style was hard to get used to at first, but once I did it was fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

alyreadsbooks's review against another edition

3.5

challenging hopeful informative 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Police brutality

dsaiz's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief

sophduncan's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism

Police brutality

rainbowshelves's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism