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Holes by Louis Sachar

15 reviews

noseybonk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Gun violence, and Vomit

lily_k8y's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, all the way to the ending. I've been getting used to incomplete or unsatisfactory endings but this one left me satisfied when I turned the last page. Don't know if I would have appreciated the book as a child though with it's darker humour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

oracle's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, and Racism

paigieodo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Holes is a beautiful, serendipitous adventure with simply the purest example of love and friendship I've seen in a while. For those of us who read Holes as a kid, it is so worth revisiting. Reading it is like finding small moments of magic hidden in seemingly grim places. This novel is both light-hearted and deeply reflective of the horrifying state of prisons and juvenile detention. I loved it more than I could've ever imagined loving it as an adult.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

emmaward55's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Racism