Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

5 reviews

musicalpopcorn's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? No

4.25

An unlikely duo of Max and Kevin band together to take on the world as Freak the Mighty.

I remembered seeing this movie when I was younger, so I decided to finally read the book. It was a great book with fun characters. I can understand it’s lingering popularity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Confinement, Bullying, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Murder

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

4.25

This book proves that middle grade/young adults deserve great stories, it's a shame the genre is oversaturated with such mid stories. This has been on my shelf for years and I'm so glad I finally picked it up. It's a great tale of friendship, mixed with some really intense moments that really bring the characters to life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Ableism, Grief, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Domestic abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

R-slur usage

michaelion's review

adventurous reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

So many slurs.

So many slurs a racial slur was used when the word muck or gunk should've been used. (That one wasn't intentional but still I noticed it and went 😐why?)

I mean if I had a nickel for every time I reread a book that was required reading in my middle and high school English classes featuring a character who was a disabled boy who had epilepsy and his best friend was a big jock / brute and slurs pertaining to the boy's disability kept being tossed around, I'd have 2 nickels! Which isn't a lot but!!! It's weird it happened twice right?!!

Anyway Kevin reminds me of my high school best friend. That's both a good and bad thing, mostly good, and it does make me miss her more. She's not dead, I just haven't spoke to her.

Another nice note, I could still hear my 6th grade teacher's voice when I read this 😊 Isn't that something?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Ableism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

I tagged Toxic friendship because Kevin was mean for no reason sometimes.

janetv's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Bullying and Alcohol

sophiahumber's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse