Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Refugee by Alan Gratz

16 reviews

_mel's review

dark emotional inspiring tense 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? No

5.0

This book is fantastic, the way the characters blend together towards the end is amazing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Racism

saebae_tm's review

dark informative 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Racism, and Islamophobia

jennswan's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Torture, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

smilagros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? N/A

5.0

Reading this while there is a current genocide happening was extremely difficult. History has constantly repeated and yet we never learn. I think this was beautifully written. It tore at your soul because all you wanted to do was reach in the pages and hug these children. Get them out of the horrible situations each one was going through. I truly believe everyone should read this. Especially now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

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

nat_montego's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racism, and Suicide

jackie_marion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

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

heidifuglevand's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail