Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Bus 57 - Eine wahre Geschichte by Dashka Slater

38 reviews

imscrem's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book managed to touchingly portray a court case that reflected on a myriad of issues that America was facing at the time and, in large part, continues to face. It told the story in an engaging way that kept me hooked the whole time and curious to find out more about the issues. The sheer unfairness of it all was shocking to read about so directly. At the same time, I like to think that we are making progress — since the incident, much legislation has passed acknowledging nonbinary individuals, and even within the book it is clear that the state of California has reformed aspects of its prison system. Still, there remains much to be done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

erins_bookrecs's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

nix_jinx's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

This book asks a lot of really important questions and demonstrates a lot of deeply complex issues around discrimination within the criminal justice system and society. It's well-researched and respectful, and it does a good job at showing two different sides to criminality. On subject matter and its treatment, I'd give it a solid 4 out of 5. But I was bored despite this touching on so many of my main interests personally and professionally, so I feel like the pacing needed a lot more work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia

mz_ampersand's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

theangrystackrat's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

bookishperseus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying

savvypotions's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

traceyanderson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jmeighan's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, and Violence

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Antisemitism