Reviews tagging 'Death'

Pony by R.J. Palacio

8 reviews

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Mental illness, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Abandonment, Child death, Genocide, and Gun violence

shieldbearer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I picked this up on a whim and enjoyed it far more than I expected. I definitely recommend this one and I loved Mittenwool and Silas' dynamic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Colonisation, Bullying, Classism, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: War

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and War

booksmarttn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Very enjoyable read, but a children's book. It is realistic fantasy as ghosts solve many of the problems in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

teatimewtrisha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying

ofpagesandparagraphs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence

jcburcham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Death

thenextgenlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

“You can travel thousands of miles, over strange lands, and still never find anything unknowable as love.”
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Twelve-year-old Silas Bird is woken up in the middle of the night to the sound of his father being kidnapped by three outlaws. Armed with only the ghost who has been with him his whole life, Mittenwool, Silas rides a horse he names Pony that was left behind by the outlaws. Pony seems to know exactly where to go to find Silas’s dad. Thus begins a perilous journey connecting Silas’s past and his future. 
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If you know me, you know I’m not a huge historical fiction fan, but when RJ Palacio releases her first non-Wonder book you read it immediately. This MG novel blew me away. After taking a bit to get into it, I was hooked and couldn’t stop. Fans of Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart will definitely enjoy Pony. This middle grade book was moving, adventurous, and will be sure to be a future classic. Pony releases 9.28.

CW: death, guns

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent