Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

15 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

micaelacccc's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

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

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

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Racism

Minor: Slavery and Pregnancy

whatisjordyreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, Bullying, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Slavery and Racism

burnt_milk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is for a younger audience but I found it a little predictable, as soon as

cat showed up out of nowhere it was obvious she was a vampire

. I did read this at like 3 am so take it with a grain of salt! But I wish there was more depth here, especially with Artie and the other kid characters, the adults' backstory was given far more depth than Artie's character. However the focus on family and community was nice to see, ESPECIALLY the origin story of werewolves, and the forest scenes had some fantastic illustrations!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Racism, and Pregnancy