Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

23 reviews

nanoauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Racism

rockythefreak's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

A wonderful read for kids and their parents, particularly for families experiencing grief and change. As a white reader I cannot say this with certainty, but I think children of color will benefit from the contents in this book, especially black children.

While the book was cliche and predictable, I think that's okay. It's purpose isn't to be groundbreaking and new, it's purpose is to serve young readers. I know that if I had found this book as a young queer child discovering my identity and dealing with my first loss, the book would have been so important to little me.

The worldbuilding was fun and refreshing, but a bit black and white. The characters who were percieved as good ARE good, and the characters portrayed as evil ARE evil. I think that even though it's a book for children, it could benefit from more nuance. After all, children are nuanced themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism and Bullying

In regards to parent death:

The death of Artie's father is described to her by the villains of the story to taunt her, and used as a parallel to her situation when she is in danger. There are serious attempts to kill the main character, who is no older than 14.

growintogardens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Racism, Toxic friendship, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Grief

vaguely_pink's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

Beautiful art. Gripping and full story. Compelling characters. One of the best graphic novels I’ve read in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, Racism, Blood, and Violence

koplomps's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Bullying

grandiose_r's review

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

scarlett_f's review

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Stalking

peachani's review

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Grief

ninahuynh's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I like it. The art is good. It did start to get a bit confusing during the fight scenes, but overall, the art shows character. The color palette works great for the night scenes. Different and interesting interpretation of werewolves and vampires and their relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Stalking

nicolescottwv's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Bullying