Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Refugee by Alan Gratz

6 reviews

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

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

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

rose_k's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

This book was incredible. Oh my word. It pulls at your heart strings and makes you want to do more for refugees. Definitely recommend reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and War

rubydagger's review

dark emotional informative sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Abandonment

aimzthereader's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

A heart breaking story following 3 refugee children in different times but somehow they are all linked .
 Josef is a 12/13 year Jewish boy trying to escape from Germany and the Nazis. 
Isabel is a 12 year old Cuban girl trying to escape from Cuba to Miami to get away from Castro
Mahmoud is a Syrian boy trying to escape the violence and war torn country in 2015 

It was heartbreaking to see and read about their struggles and also how dangerous these escapes truly were. The author did a great job switching between the three different story lines and showing their tough journeys. It’s a very tough book because we know these type of things truly happened and it’s hard to see the atrocities humans of all different ages had to go through.

The pacing of this book was perfect and it was very well written. The characters were lovable and felt very real. It made me feel a lot of emotions. I also liked the way the author tied some of the storylines together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness and Torture

Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt