Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ilegal by Andrew Donkin, Eoin Colfer

8 reviews

bbelitz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

thechroniclesofsiania's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Gun violence, Trafficking, and Grief

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

cheye13's review against another edition

challenging sad fast-paced

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

2.0

Aside from the age of the characters, this didn't have the impact I had hoped it would. I found the additional materials like the firsthand account and the authors' notes more evocative and informative than the main story. Still, a very well crafted work in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Deportation

Minor: Alcoholism and Violence

also depictions of a life-threatening illness and drowning

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Trafficking, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Death of parent

bookishandlegal's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

This graphic novel is mandatory reading! It is SO good and such a good depiction of what immigrants go through as they seek out a better place to live. The graphics are beautiful and I loved that the story switched between the current journey (on the boat to Europe) and the journey Ebo took from Ghana to find his brother. Ebo was such a sweet character and just always a ray of light and hope even when things looked pretty hopeless for him and his friends. This book was heartbreaking, but also so important for people to read and understand.  Seriously, amazing, go read this asap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Trafficking, and War

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Trafficking, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent