Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Refugee by Alan Gratz

12 reviews

libreroaming's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

Alan Grantz manages to weave three different stories of refugees over time and continents into a tense nail biter of a novel. Usually when you skip from one group to the next, one inevitably falls behind but all three managed to be very strong, perhaps with one hiccup exception where Joseph's story had to go through a timeskip before finishing. Grantz doesn't flinch from explaining the hazards his characters go through, which makes it a satisfying, if not somber, read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and War

rebeckle4's review

adventurous emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs and Suicide attempt

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

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

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

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

starla_anne's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

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

siguirimama's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War