Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Dear Mothman by Robin Gow

18 reviews

readingjaunt's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Child death, Death, and Grief

woolfinbooks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Car accident, Transphobia, Ableism, and Bullying

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death and Outing

Minor: Car accident

misterbojangles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

Loved this book. Written in the form of letter-poems, Noah grapples with the loss of his best friend Lewis. He finds comfort in writing letters to Mothman, who Lewis loved and with whom Noah feels an intense kinship with as a fellow misunderstood misfit. When clues start to emerge that Mothman might be out there reading Noah’s letters, Noah becomes obsessed with finding Mothman. This book contains beautiful meditations on grief, belonging, and queer/trans identity and left me considering what separates monsters and men.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Child death, and Death

blewballoon's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

In a way, I'm glad I'm much older than the intended audience, because I think if I were still 12 years old this would have hit me too hard. I found my inner middle schooler relating so much to the types of thoughts Noah had. While there are definitely heavy subjects discussed in the book, I think the overall story and tone is hopeful and it was refreshing to see Noah have both supportive parents and accepting,  open-hearted friends.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Car accident

danaslitlist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.75

"Dear Mothman,

Thank you for trusting me and coming to visit my camera. I know it's hard being what people might consider a monster. It seems to me that "monsters" are almost always misunderstood - that "monster" is what people become when other people are afraid of them for being different. People like me are called monsters sometimes."

I fully believe this story to belong in the "important and necessary" readings for middle grade readers. Dear Mothman is a story of grief and healing and finding your identity. 

There’s something about how queer people, especially kids, feel so seen and understood by idea of cryptids and monsters….and the way that we Noah talk about how it makes sense because just like him, people don’t understand Mothman. They’re scared of him, they don’t believe in him, they don’t see him or they don’t want to. 

The way this book in theory is such a simple plot and premise but in reality is so deep and touching. I found myself on multiple occasions putting my hand on my heart because I could feel myself mirrored in instances and quotes. I think this is such a valuable story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Transphobia and Bullying

ladykatka's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Transphobia

kellhart16's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

aceofknives's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

An exploration of trans identity, grief, and being in the world as a queer autistic person. It's about identifying with the strange and monstrous in a way that brings peace. Dear mothman is about not being alone. It's beautiful, sad, and cozy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Minor: Bullying

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Deadnaming, Car accident, Gaslighting, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Bullying

Minor: Child death