Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

7 reviews

reading_thefineprint's review against another edition

emotional 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? N/A

5.0

This a coming of age that double as a coping with grief journey. The connections Reynolds makes throughout it also beautifully display how intertwined a city can be, regardless of its size.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder and Alcoholism

The main character works in a funeral, this is reveled on the back of the book, so there is a significant amount of death. Some of these occur in more intense ways than others, so be prepared for heavy topics.

missmaddereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

ihatecarlos8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Matt is really a lovable character and watching his character development was amazing. Jason Reynolds is also an amazing author writing books with great representation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Murder

treereads's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, and Cancer

Minor: Murder

ivulikkivulik's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

ashleycmms's review

challenging emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

vulturetime's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

I really enjoyed this book; it’s not one with a lot of action, focusing more on the characters (Matt specifically, and how he is trying to deal after his mother’s death). I think the book is fairly well written, though I may be a bit biased, since I lost a grandparent when I was in school and some of Matt’s narration in the beginning really hit close to home as to how I felt when that happened.

The only reason this didn’t get five stars from me is because I felt like the plot got a bit weaker in the second half of the book—we moved away from some of Matt’s relationships to focus on his budding one with Love. This would have been fine since Matt is pretty solid in his relationships, except

I really felt like there would be a reconciliation scene or something of that sort with his father, and that didn’t come. Additionally, I felt like the progression of Matt and Love’s relationship happened a bit too quickly.

However, that critique comes in retrospect; when I was reading this book I still greatly enjoyed it. 

There was also one tiny detail I got annoyed about—Jimmy and Mike in the beginning have Matt’s narration saying that their names are actually Ahmed and Tahir, and then those names are never used again, so I wonder at the point of that. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism