Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier

8 reviews

reading_ladies_blog's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Abandonment, and Grief

thrabenvaliant's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Great book! Read it to my 6 and 10 year old. There's a lot of heavy stiff covered in the book, from starvation and death, to child abuse and child labor, to love and loss. If I had it to do over, I would have read it through before reading it to my girls so that I could be better prepped for the conversations we would have.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Physical abuse, Confinement, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Child death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

angielisle's review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

kypn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ladykatka's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? No

5.0

This is a wonderful book. Definitely going to read it to my class.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

phaederator's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

rexreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Newsies with a little bit of magic. Good for kids who like kids who are independent, who like mischief, can handle a little bit of danger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism and Violence