Reviews tagging 'Death'

Passport by Sophia Glock

6 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Alcohol

thecandlelightlibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Suicide, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and War

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

Passport was a unique read. Sophia's feeling of disconnection from her peers is an almost universal experience for teens, but far exacerbated by her nomadic childhood and the secrets she lived with. This is the first book I've read where a kid guessing that their secretive parents work in espionage have been right. Overall, I enjoyed that the author didn't tie up every loose end or make a happy ending. She left it as it was, with hope for what was to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and War

zoepagereader's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

I only read this one because it had to be CIA approved to get published and I thought “Hey, that might be interesting.” I liked there story, but the art style was not my favorite. When a character cried, they looked like a zombie. And since there where only like four colors, the story felt repetitive. The spots that had dark colors and black wording on them were hard to see and read. 3.75⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault

wella's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

jackelz's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

This wasn’t what I expected; I don't think the blurb accurately reflects the overall content of the book. The memoir is more of Sophia’s coming-of-age story during her last two years of high school and has very little has to do with her parents being in the CIA. I get that privacy prohibits much of that being shared, but the synopsis makes you think that is the plot. But I also understand that Sophia was in the position she was in because of her parents job. The story is all over the place, but that feels like her personality too. 

I enjoyed the art style but at times it was hard to tell the characters apart.

Sophia mentions Hurricane Mitch and its effects. She helped out by packaging beans and rice in baggies to send to folks cut off from food. Mitch is the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, causing over 11,000 fatalities in Central America in 1998. And content warning, she has a nightmare and sees dead bodies piled up in mud. 

She briefly mentions the poverty and the dangers of living in Central America, but I honestly would’ve loved to learn more. She acted so nonchalantly about all of this, and that came off very privileged. 

Another content warning: Suicide is mentioned and depicted. Sophia attends a funeral for a classmate, and they had an open casket and was shown with a band-aid on their forehead.

The story ends with her coming back to America for college, and how she doesn’t fit in like she thinks she will. This is the story I want to hear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment