Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

3 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

4.75

This might be my favorite time loop book that I've read so far. In spite of how much death there is (that does immediately get undone), I found it to be pretty lighthearted and funny. I liked how chaotic and funny the protagonist was, and how much it emphasized the importance of all the relationships in one's life: family, friends, and romantic partners. Knocking off .25 stars because, as some other reviews said, Kate didn't really seem to have any character flaws. Her main challenge is

her illness, which gets, if not cured, at least less life-threatening by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Pros: The focus on friend-love and friends-as-family was good. Time loop plots are always fun and this was a good example of that.

Less a con, more that it's "not for me": Sometimes the teenagers act like teenagers in a way that activated my secondhand embarrassment hardcore. Less a criticism, more a warning that those prone to such feelings might cringe at a few sections.

Con: Kate was SEVERELY manic pixie dream girl'd in her characterization. That's the biggest factor that knocked this book down a few pegs. 

I'd say this is overall a pretty good book and worth reading, but the Kate characterization could've been better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol

Cursing: Two f-words that I can remember. Gun violence/hate crime/murder/racism: Occurs in the

fourth loop; one character is shot for wearing a hoodie and being non-white in an upper-class neighborhood.

Infidelity:

Also occurs in the fourth loop.

There is onscreen kissing, bed-sharing, no explicit sex though. Family troubles (divorce, paternal abandonment) are recurring plot issues.

jesse_5's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

It is an amazing story but I did find the first few chapters a bit hard to follow due to the time junping about so muc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Hate crime, Stalking, and Abandonment

one of the main characters has sickle cell and dies multiple times due to it. This is the main theme of the book. In one section there is a very toxic friendship and a character gets shot (he is ok) for being on someone’s property A character has a deadbeat dad who essentially abandoned him In one section of the book there is a minor theme of stalking as Jack decides to anonymously help Kate and spies on her to check treatment is working