Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Ilegal by Andrew Donkin, Eoin Colfer

7 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

typedtruths's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.75

 this was devastatingly good. i definitely cried at least once 😭

▷ Representation: Ebo (mc) & his brother Kwame (sc) is Ghanaian; African & Black cast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

➸ Trigger warnings for starvation, extreme dehydration, and food/water scarcity discussed, miscarriage mentioned (author's note), physical illness and injury, death of brother from drowning (on-page), murder by gun violence (on-page), disappearance of a sibling mentioned, drowning & near-drowning (on-page), mass death from drowning due to a boating accident (on-page), child homelessness and extreme poverty (on-page), and the refugee crisis (theme).

dafni's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Miscarriage and War

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

3.5

This book was really good at displaying the challenges of being an illegal immigrant coming from Africa to Europe, however, for some reason there is no talk of deportation when you arrive to the Europe and this was written by three white men, even tho there was some influence of real stories. I would say that this one was good, but there are probably similar stories told by people who actually went through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

librarybookfamily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Heart breaking story of two brothers trying to make their way to Europe for a better life. A middle grade graphic novel that doesn’t shy away from the dangers these hopeful people endure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Trafficking

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

hmbk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Blood, and Death of parent

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