Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young

7 reviews

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

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

environmental racism

eire2011's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

I enjoyed this adventure from beginning to end. My heart ached for Pond who was in a lot of pain though I did love his friendship with Nathan and they each made such an impact on each other.

Nathan really developed in character throughout this book and it shows just what a change these adventures did to him as well as opening his eyes to things that not everyone can see. 

I highly recommend this book which was full of adventure, Navajo beings, The Navajo Language, and the bonds of family whether blood or not. 

Trigger warnings: death, animal in pain, family member in pain due to PTSD, drought, other potential triggers

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation

danaslitlist's review

4.5

What a wonderful book that managed to handle serious topics with grace and thought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death

aformeracceleratedreader's review

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

3.5

Overall a solid middle grade. Nathan would get on my nerves quite a lot, but I have to remember he is a child and I'm sure I was like him as a child many times.  I enjoyed the journey and learning about Navajo culture. Some of it was pretty tough to read from an emotional standpoint like what Nali had to do for her son's ceremony and the ending with Pond. Those moments really stood out to me and I even teared up a little at the ending. The Holy Beings were super fun and I enjoyed their characters a lot.
For me it was a pretty slow start but wrapped up nicely.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Grief

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

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Animal death