Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

117 reviews

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

anniesbooknook's review against another edition

4.75

challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Alcohol

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad tense 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: Complicated

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Dear Martin by Nic Stone is an important YA story that easily explains the implications of racism in the US. Even though this is a short book, I think this story is easily digestible, which is important for communicating complex issues like racial injustice, profiling, and police brutality towards people of color. I really loved the character dynamics, and the way that character grew over the course of this book. Again, though it’s not long, it packs a lot of information and emotion into the pages. You can feel the frustration coming off the characters and I certainly believe that this book should be studied when talking about the state of racial relations in this country. This book is approachable no matter what your view point is, and I think it could do a lot to change the perspectives of people who hold views/act like Jared and his friends. No one has to remain ignorant, and everyone, even people who have been wrong in the past (which I think is a key takeaway from this book) has the potential to change for the better with more education and information.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

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

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

5.0

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Powerful, important, and stress inducing.
Stone knows how to write teenagers. Must read for high school students.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Racial slurs

kjurewicz's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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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The writing style is a little bit simpler then I would personally prefer, but the events in this book are so powerful and important. A great YA read that I would recommend for anyone who wants to begin learning about racial injustice and police brutality.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol

dielesemotte's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

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

saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative 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: Complicated

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The book probably needed another 50 pages, just to try to make the story and the ending make more sense, and not just cut off how it did. 

I don't want to give any spoilers, but I will say that though it was a very tough read, I loved the first 3/4 of the book. Then things just got to the point where I had too many questions about how things were turning out. Like ... when he's surrounded by so many rich people, why weren't they able to hire a better lawyer and get him some coaching... and why was a kid who was so good at debate able to be painted into a corner so thoroughly, and then with all of the character assassination, why was he just able to head north for school anyway with no repercussions in that corner? Just messy.

Despite all of that, the book was still worth reading and gave me a lot to think about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

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

paulabekkerus's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism