Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

5 reviews

betweentheshelves'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? Yes

4.0

This is a great debut, focusing on the voices of two brothers after a particularly violent incident with one of their classmates. Both of them are struggling with their abusive father and how that relates to what happened. The voices of both brothers are distinct enough, and I appreciated that this is a mix of poetry and short vignettes. It made the story flow nicely and really focused on the overall emotions between the two brothers.

There is also a great discussion about mental health throughout, especially as it relates to trauma. It's a story about healing, a story about moving on, and a story about finding your roots. Plus, the voice is one that we haven't often seen in YA lit. If you're looking for something that's a fairly quick read, but will definitely make you think, this one is for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Minor: Racism, Suicide, and Alcoholism

ireadtoescape_'s review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

An amazing amazing story. 
I love YA so much. And this book just made me wish I had books like this available for me to read when I was 18. It’s very melancholic but I’m just the way I know I felt sometimes when I was this age. The brothers are going through so much and facing so much at home and outside of it. 

It’s beautiful seeing their relationship with their grandfather and even how their relationship with their mother evolves from just a need to protect her. 

Crying as I write this and reflect on this book because man it’s good and the emotion of it just felt so so deep 😭😭

I loved it. 
Beautiful use of language and the poetic flow of it made it such a great read. I loved it alll. 

Gorgeous. 
One of my favourites for 2023. For sure. 
💛💛💛

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism

lettuce_read's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism

readingwithkaitlyn's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide

Poverty, divorce.

timothyotte's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Racism