Reviews tagging Adult/minor relationship

The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead

13 reviews

silverrose187's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Rape, and Slavery

aegireads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

tctimlin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Bullying, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

We all need to read Colton Whitehead so that we can understand and take responsibility for our history.

bigraymond's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Child death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, and Murder

lexichrist578's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I thought this book was rather plain in reference to the books that have been put out prior. It just sounded like a repeat, in my opinion. If you like the concept of this book, I would recommend Black Boy by Richard Wright or Invisible man by Ralph Ellison. Same vibe, better execution

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

vivboyd98's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

masscrafter's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

jainnyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Dementia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

remainsofabook's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Nickel Boys is a remarkable book that packs so much into 200+ pages. So much history and realities of Black Americans but there was something lacking that stopped me from rating the book higher or want to put another Whitehead book on my tbr. I don't think it is Whitehead's writing style, like some wrote in their reviews that his writing approach is too journalistic. In my opinion, the ending was really well-written. Even though I'm on the fence about the plot twist. This made me realised that the reason I couldn't rate it higher was the lack of depth in the exploration of the boys' psyche. Elwood is a very interesting character and so much more could have been written on him. If I wanted history, facts and realities to educate myself, I would have picked up a non-fiction. I expect something more from a fiction, especially one that won the Pulitzer Prize. Regardless, The Nickel Boys is still worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Vomit