Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

16 reviews

tamara_joy's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

Once again, Hanna Alkaf manages to make me cry and make me love her book. Y'all, representation really does matter (I'm of Indonesian descent and can really connect with her books and I think that's why they hit a little harder than other authors' writing).
This is a difficult story to read from our main character, Melati, struggling with her mental health to her and people she knows suffering and struggling to survive a blood filled week of violence. Although not super graphic, this story illustrates the horrors of that week in Kuala Lumpur with some detail. Alkaf also illustrates OCD pretty well especially with how mental illness is viewed in many SE Asian communities. 
Def read the author's trigger/content warnings at the beginning of the book or read reviews detailing trigger/content warnings because, although it is YA, there are a lot of heavy topics and scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sharnanigans's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

phineasjames's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

maple_dove's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

3.0

Favorite Quotes:

Adults rarely like being told that they don't have all the answers, or worse still, that the answers they do have are all the wrong ones.

If you want to start an explosion, you light a match in the dynamite factory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, and Excrement

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

[skimmed] Very suitable title.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual assault and Police brutality

sydthereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

paperquilt's review against another edition

emotional informative tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lilly_anne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail