Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Measure, by Nikki Erlick

7 reviews

anniesbookpicks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Animal death

Minor: Medical trauma, Cursing, Terminal illness, Outing, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Hate crime, Pregnancy, and Bullying

kcarney86's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Bullying, Death, War, Mass/school shootings, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: War, Classism, Outing, Pregnancy, and Violence

kelseyr713's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Too schmaltzy for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, War, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt, Racism, Suicide, Outing, and Sexism

tctimlin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the premise:  what would happen if suddenly everyone knew how much longer they had to live?  The author explores this question through the lives of several initially unrelated New Yorkers - weaving in the political responses of various governments, the role of the media, themes of discrimination, and the effect on interpersonal relationships.  Yes - the characters all read as if they are upper-middle-class white, even when they are not.  Yes - the author ties up all the connections in a too neat bow at the end.  But I liked the way she played around with the question and I liked the ultimate resolution.  My work book club, with whom I read and discussed this, were much more harsh in their critiques.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Grief, and War

kcelena's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Grief, Car accident, Death, War, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

marareading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What would you do if one day you woke one day to find out that every single adult in the world could know the length of their life? As you can imagine the world could easily fold to chaos. Wow. This book will stay with me. 

Eight people. All wake one day to a world who all have a small chest with a string inside showing how long they'll live. Governments, religions, families, jobs, friends, marriages, all changed overnight. Looking at everything differently. The value of life changing and being argued. 

The different perspectives, and human experiences. The way people's experiences were intertwined. I was gripped, and touched. This reflects SO WELL the world we live in. I'll be thinking of this book for a long time to come. Absolutely brilliant. 10/10 recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Cancer, War, and Racism