Reviews with content warning for Mass/school shootings - The Golden Hour

Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

The Golden Hour by Niki Smith

15 reviews

wheatlyre's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

The Golden Hour is an emotional story about a young boy with a love of photography, returning to school after a traumatic event and figuring out how to cope with his anxiety and PTS that surfaced as a consequence of said event. The art is absolutely gorgeous and visuals cinematic.

While it did feel quite emotionally bleak at times, it does end on a good note.

TLDR; Very sweet, I cried.

Content Warnings

serendipity421's review

Go to review page

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

3.5

Content Warnings

amschelly153's review

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-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

5.0

Beautiful, kind, and understanding.

Content Warnings

ka_tet's review

Go to review page

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? It's complicated

5.0

Content Warnings

suspiciouspinecone's review

Go to review page

emotional inspiring slow-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

4.75

Listen. Listen. This book was fantastic. I had an incredible time reading it, the depiction of panic attacks, the relationship between the MC and everyone else, the use of photos to ground themselves, the way the traumatic event didn't happen to him but he saw it and that was enough, the art.

I've talked myself into rating it a quarter of a star higher.

Content Warnings

doodle1212's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ok so this was a pretty well written book. I feel like it got to the climax to fast tho, and it really didn’t have any action rising- it has well written grammar, but I think it could for sure use some work. It didn’t have anything about golden hours, which I was hoping it did, so I’m not at all sure where it got the title from. It sounds like something that would be happy but it’s really emotional instead.

Golden Hours are happy hours that happen every now and then. But instead, they talk about bad hours in the flashback, like when Manuel was picking up afterschool stuff, but Ms. Winstone gets shot by someone unknown. I suppose the Golden Hours are him and his new friends, Sebastian and Caysha. It’s sad to think Bastian’s new calf he loves so much, Daisy, will be gone soon, but overall, good book for people who can handle emotional things.

Well written story. Great for people who can handle emotional flashbacks!

Content Warnings