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te_ss_i's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, and Classism
bt_wannabe's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Gun violence
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child death
susaned's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder
sydneyo_0's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Grief
louiepotterbook's review
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder
mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
hazeleyeddreamer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Classism
librarybookfamily's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, and Death of parent
creolelitbelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Long Way Down made me think about what communities in areas thick with violence deal with regularly like Baton Rouge. People have to make choices how to live with and handle the violence around them, and older family and friends teach them how to do that. Will's journey down the elevator is a great example of thinking through our actions before we react. We would do well to listen to advice of those who came before us, but sometimes they're gone before we can hear their thoughts. This novel in verse can be read quickly but takes some pondering and flipping of pages back and forth to fully let the implications of characters' choices sink in.
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Charles R. Swindoll
Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Murder
booknerdz28's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Alcohol