Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

9 reviews

rivercat0338's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Murder, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

musingsofazebra's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Ableism

Minor: Murder, Gaslighting, Sexism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Mental illness

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

This was cute and had some fantastic characters! Deals with some real issues but is sensitive about it. Glad I read it and that it exists for kids to read!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Death

Death of witches and some minor descriptions of how they died or were tortured

hayley_mariep's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

maeverose's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Contemporary isn’t a genre I tend to like, especially middle grade, but I wanted to read more books with autism rep by autistic authors and I liked this a lot more than I expected to.

This is such an important book and I’m so glad it exists. It was infuriating to read how Addie was treated by some of the ignorant and abusive adults in this book and it’s especially infuriating knowing that that’s a very real experience for lots of kids in the real world. I think this book could be really helpful for kids who might be going through something similar. Or for allistic kids to learn more about what having autism can be like.

Bonus quote: ‘Mr Laird rises in her place, eyes slightly wild and mustache aquiver. “The geese on Juniper pond,” he booms, “are demonic.” There are some groans, but a couple of ayes.

Idk why but that made me laugh a lot 😆 I wanna know how these geese got this reputation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, and Torture

Talk about the witch trials (torture, murder, hanging, etc. Not graphically described) Theres also a few ableist slurs used (specifically anti-autistic)

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

Reading middle-grade books, particularly realistic fiction, is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket; a good one will leave me feeling nourished and whole. A KIND OF SPARK, Elle McNicoll's debut, hits this very mark -- I'm glad to have this #OwnVoices narrative (McNicoll is autistic, as is the main character, Addie) gracing my shelves.

(Love and thanks to Ottie for the recommendation!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, and Forced institutionalization

someonelikeblue's review

emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Physical abuse and Toxic friendship

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Torture