Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older

5 reviews

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Mass/school shootings

emmakchapman's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Slavery

erin_362's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This started out a bit slow but I got drawn in very quickly and I loved it, the whole book is full of culture and and it was incredibly diverse within the story I just loved it :) 
The action was cool and

when Mateo activated the full extent of his power it was so cool and the fighting scenes got a lot more interesting so

I can’t wait to see any fighting scenes in the sequel :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Vomit, and Colonisation

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Slavery

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

toadlovesreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

Minor: Slavery and Colonisation