Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Refugee by Alan Gratz

8 reviews

dmdeacon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

kirstencholewa's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and War

kathieivy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I found the book very dark at times. I enjoyed the author. I liked the way each chapter had a good cliff hanger. There are extremely sad moments in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

ladykatka's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I work with refugee children everyday so I already knew what to expect.
 Except I didn't expect this book yo hit me as hard as it did. I haven't been this emotionally devastated by a book in a really long time. Once the tears started they wouldn't stop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

gillianengelbrecht's review

emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Vomit, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Islamophobia, Grief, and Pregnancy

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

flubbs's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It's a lot.......... it's a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Child death, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, and Death

That one scene where Ivan di3s in a shark @ttack...... I almost threw up to the sheer DETAIL of it. Like we did not need to know THAT much but okay. If you've read that scene..... I mean I was traumatized you were traumatized and I'm positive we all were and now we can be traumatized together:)

k8thegr8's review

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Antisemitism

Minor: Torture