Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Outrage by William Hussey

4 reviews

alex_thomas's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Ableism, Addiction, Vomit, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, Dysphoria, Blood, Confinement, and Gore

Minor: Suicide

fe_aye's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-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

This book is amazing, a truly wonderful piece of warning fiction. Always remember that time can go backwards and never underestimate your own power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Self harm, Violence, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Outing, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Genocide, Body horror, Alcoholism, Suicide, Alcohol, Confinement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Torture

Minor: Transphobia, Murder, Racism, Classism, and Ableism

twobatswithahat's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Ableism, and Self harm

that_bookworm_guy's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

I deleted my review of the ARC that I received because it doesn't reflect my feeling of the final book and some of the points I made are no longer needed, so here's a whole new review :) 

This book is incredible, important, and scarily realistic. The way the UK is going, this whole idea of certain people not being accepted within society is not that far fetched. 

I loved the facts and history in the foreword and afterword, that help teens to understand that it's not been that long since LGBTQ+ people have had rights in the UK, and elsewhere it's still illegal to be LGBTQ+. I love the discussion points at the end 

🌈 'It's easy to be complacent when you think history is on your side.' 🌈 

This story is gripping from the very start. The characters are very well written and you find yourself invested in them. The list of films and documentaries are brilliant, there are some I'm familiar with, and others that I am yet to watch, so I will be checking them out. 

Once again, I love Alice, she is perfect and yeah, I don't want to give spoilers but I would kill for her. 

I feel like I loved this book so much more (and I loved the ARC) when reading this the second time. 

This is the perfect book for pride month and all year round. It's a reminder of not only how far we've come, but how much more we still have to fight for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence