Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young

6 reviews

bookwormdystopian2's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Fatphobia and Bullying

readandfindout's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Worldbuilding: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Fatphobia

careinthelibrary's review

adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a good start to a new series that I'm looking forward to continuing, probably next Middle Grade March! I really liked the secondary characters and what they brought to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Colonisation

environmental racism

spinesinaline's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a beautiful story and I think a powerful one for young readers.

I listened to the audiobook for this story and really enjoyed it! It’s a middle grade book about a young boy who, amidst some turmoil between his parents, decides to spend the summer with his grandmother when he comes across several Holy Beings.

I really appreciated the way the author includes a lot of real life challenges that kids could be going through: divorced parents, bullying, and in this case a family member who suffers from PTSD and alcohol addiction. There’s a lot of sadness in this story but I think the broad focus on healing and working through these issues could support a lot of kids in working through their own life challenges. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying and Death

An additional content warning for the book, particularly for young readers

it also touches a lot on divorce and how that affects the young MC

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Fatphobia

erinsbookshelves's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcoholism

Minor: Fatphobia, Death, Bullying, and Vomit