Reviews tagging 'Child death'

One of the Good Ones by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite

7 reviews

jkbrx's review

dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

everything ties together VERY neatly at the end, which took me a bit out of the story but i guess is pretty standard for a YA book. i would have liked the resolution to last a bit longer, feels like a lot of really interesting stuff was skipped between the last chapter and epilogue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Child death, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

flowchelle's review

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

brookey8888's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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. I really liked Happi and how she struggled and felt guilty. There was random povs that I was kind of confused why they were there. Like they made sense especially one later one but it was kind of weird. As the the second half of the book I was a little shocked because I had that thought but I was like well no way it that going to happen because it was I thought out of left field for this type of book usually but I liked it. I do wish the epilogue was a little different and we got to see some interactions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Stalking, and Violence

abookandaspotoftea's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Religious bigotry, and Kidnapping

multiplyoctopi's review

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Hate crime, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Medical content, Police brutality, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Religious bigotry and Homophobia

thereadersays's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement and Racism

melaniereadsbooks's review

challenging informative 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

4.75

I am so glad I decided to read this book this soon after release. It was so meaningful to me and I absolutely loved it. 

This story is told through multiple points of view as well as multiple timelines. All timelines are explained in relation to the day Kezi was arrested while at a protest against police brutality. I was equally enthralled by every POV and timeline that was put into this story. I think it was a great call to tell this story that way, and it really kept me guessing as to what had happened and how everything would be resolved.

Happi's character development was absolutely everything. The amount of learning and growth that she went through between the day Kezi was arrested and the end of the book was incredible. I feel like everyone could relate to this character!

I also was very interested with the history that this story told and interwove throughout its pages. The discussion of the road safety book, sundown towns, and prominent historic figures was very informative and interesting, and worked well with the rest of the narrative.

This book (as seen by the title) is themed around respectability politics, and the idea that Black people are only accepted if they subscribe to specific white standards and can be deemed "respectable." That they only deserve to live if they are "one of the good ones."  I thought this book did a wonderful job of delving into that theme and exploring how damaging it is. 

I also loved the exploration of queerness within the church! I always like to read about this and consider how different churches accept  (or don't) queerness.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

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