Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

13 reviews

shayh's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

hkingcrab's review

challenging emotional sad 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

tina94's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.5

The only qualm I have with this book is that all the many characters and names became indistinguishable at some point. Powerful and moving stuff otherwise

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Lesbophobia

body image issues

marsonmars's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

nervousyoungman's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Deadnaming, Gore, Mental illness, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Vomit, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Sexual harassment

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Lesbophobia

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

I should have kept track of how many times this book made me cry. There were 100 pages or so that skillfully brought out the tears. This book has layers.  Aside from the main story line, we also get to see Moss deal with his own mental health, friendships, and a potential boyfriend.

Queer representation: non-binary, bisexual, biromantic, ace, gay, lesbian 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Vomit

alisazhup's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

-Not a fan of how this author wrote their disabled character
-Some things just seemed like technological inaccuracies.

The whole metal detector part was not the most believable to me

-The main characters weren't exactly one dimensional, but they were written as perfect and faultless (except for Esperanza) which made for boring reading sometimes. It was hard to connect with anyone

I liked the diverse cast of characters, the social justice plot, and

that the end wasn't wrapped up in a perfect bow

. I know some people say that it was unrealistic for Moss and his friends to experience no homophobia, especially at school, and I agree, but I don't think it's a flaw. It's actually refreshing to read about someone who uses they/them pronouns, for example, and is never misgendered or deadnamed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, and Misogyny