Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

La casa en el mar más azul. Edición especial: Edición especial con cantos tintados by TJ Klune, Carlos Abreu Fetter

209 reviews

knerys's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Probably the closest thing to a perfect book you could get. I adored this story immensely, and the whole time I just kep thinking how I wish I could write something like this.
StoryGraph asks if I "found the characters lovable" and while I answered yes the true answer is I would die for every single character in this book. All of them. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization

notalightbulb's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

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This book has a lot of things I really liked. The characters are lovely, the relationships feel real and natural, the human-ness of it all is beautiful. I went into this book with absolutely no expectations other than 'I've heard this has good representation'. I didn't even know about the magic, imagine my surprise when there was a magical child, and then multiple magical children. The way Klune wrote felt familiar, the flow was great and there were random lines that had me loudly exhaling through my nose and others that had me grinning like an idiot. I'm really glad I read this book and I give it the highest praise. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime

wrenhartjacobs's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Yes

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This is such an adorable book! So heartwarming and precious. Like a warm hug. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Abandonment

caseofspades's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent

artemis_rose_reads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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Read this if: 
You are looking for something heartwarming about found family, celebrating bodily differences, with a gay  romance between middle age men. It also shows that a mediocre person with privilege has the power and a responsibility to stand up for those harmed by institutions and racism.

Don’t read this if: 
You are looking for a story that completely and satisfactorily addresses the many ways that the Sixties Scoop harmed indigenous peoples, look elsewhere. It does put the responsibilities of fixing the problems onto the privileged, however they are made into a hero because their efforts are sadly rare.

With that it mind:
If you can understand that this book is unsatisfactory when it comes to properly addressing the many horrors of stealing and institutionalizing peoples because the people in power have decided that their birth families cannot care properly for their children. However it does a fairly decent job in showing the long term emotional and mental damage that this clauses in the children, but also the adults who have also had to live through this situation. 
Does it solve everything and puts all the appropriate blame on the system and then fixes the problem? Nope, not even close. This is basically a love letter to the average person who does what is in their personal power to improve and protect the happiness of those who have been hurt by government and biases against the “other”.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry

There is a lot of mentioning of potential triggers as it talks a lot about the traumas of foster care and a system purposely controlling underprivileged bodies and their rights. The current environment is safe, however all the children are battling the trauma from previous placements and this home is still under the control of the system. There is current bully and hate from the locals. Children also acting menacing/threatening death as a response to their previous traumas.

oliverreeds's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated

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if i could rate this book higher than a five, i would do it. everything about this is incredible. i am crying from happiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Abandonment

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

nextkt's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Fuck capitalism I just want to raise a group of troubled kids on an island with my beautiful boyfriend

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Xenophobia

spookily's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury