Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

One of the Good Ones by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite

9 reviews

thebookgiraffe's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Police brutality, Racism, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

bookcaptivated's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Homophobia, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia, Outing, Alcoholism, Bullying, Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Torture

moreadsnrambles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Racism, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Lesbophobia

ross_emm's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.75

Enjoyed the first half/first quarter of the book, was caught a little off guard by rhe thriller/twist ending, but still a good read nonetheless.

It was interesting to learn that Kezi had survived, but I was devastated to learn what happened to Shaqueria. Mark's character I have no words for, I didnt expect anything (or anyone) like him to be in this story.

I did love how everyone's pov chapters weaved together to tell the full story spanning over decades! Also appreciate the touch of having the family trees and cross country map at the back of the book, it helps bring everything together :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Police brutality and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia

suzyreadsbooks's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

AHHH ok this was phenomenal!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, and Racism

emmyrandomreport's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

 
I was enjoying this book until the "twist". Before this moment the story was heartfelt and was involving social justice topics. I felt for Happi and her storyline was emotional and strong. She was facing losing a sister and finding out there were secrets kept from her. She also honored Kenzi with a trip to try to see things the way her sister did. This story was four stars.

Negative stars goes to the twist storyline. I hate multiple coincidences in realistic stories. All of the coincidences come after the twist and there are some doozies here. The whole storyline takes any believability from the whole book. It should have been two books, not one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

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

avisreadsandreads's review

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

betweentheshelves's review

emotional tense 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

4.5

This book is masterfully composed. The catch phrase "The Hate U Give meets Get Out" is actually a really adequate description of this book, because not only does it tackle issues like police brutality and racism, it also has a bit of a thriller aspect to it. The writing was engaging and each sister had a distinct voice that brought something more to the story. Another great 2021 release for the books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury