Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Gone by Michael Grant

21 reviews

gilmargirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sylviixoxo's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Racism

lisapparition's review against another edition

I did not get very far because the treatment of an autistic child as less than human was gross and made it unenjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

m4ferglez's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

A wonderful start to a wonderful series. Lord of the flies meets X-Men in the most gruesome wsy you can imagine. Grant is a master at portraying brutally realistic situations that come along with his premise. 

I do find it at times hard to believe how bloodthirsty some of the kids are, and the coyote/darkness scenes can get pretty repetitive, but otherwise a wonderful novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Vomit

sitrisummoned's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Racism

autumngore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

another reread, would've been a 4 but knocked off percentage for the rly hamfisted handling of religion -- that stuck out to me when compared to the nuanced treatment of p much every other theme in the book. but the book is not bad by any means and would've ateeee as a CW tv show in the 2010s. 

(tried hunger like a decade ago, couldn't get more than maybe 100 pages in? i don't remember much about that reading except that the book didn't intrigue me the way vol 1. did, even through its slow/rough parts. i don't feel compelled to give it another chance the way im intending to do with the wrinkle in time books)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Racism

slatattack's review against another edition

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

1.5

The plot of this book makes little sense and falls apart in order to write more books. The blinking out lord doesn’t work and just seems to be written in in order to keep Sam and Caine in the FAYZ. 

The explicit depictions of bulimia are unnecessary and not really plot relevant. As too is the ableism and racism. Little Pete didn’t have to be autistic there is no plot reason for it at all and it is written very poorly and very stereotypically and is a very ableist and infantilising portrayal. It seems as though some characters were written as ableist and racist so the author could get away with saying slurs/racist comments. And Astrids response to Pete being called the r-slur is disgusting and ableist as hell against high support needs autistics. 

I finished the book but only because I hate DNFing. The storyline was clunky and had many plot holes and the writing was poor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Gore

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

The R slur is constantly used against an autistic child. The narrative treats it as a bad and disgusting, unacceptable thing, but it is still used a lot.

123urmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Racism, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

i live in a small town where slurs are said all the time. i read the rword more times than i’ve heard it in my life???? holy shit????

villainessreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

My biggest gripe is how the characters of Edilio and Pete were handled. Quinn is openly and blatantly racist against Edilio and he's not really punished for it. He's still a "good guy" at the end. There's no narrative pushback for calling Edilio a slur like there is for Pete's slurs. I kept reading, but it never stopped being uncomfortable. I don't know how the author is normally a great ally and failed to see how horrible it would be for a PoC to read how Edilio was treated by the narrative. He's practically their housekeeper: cleans up their mess but never gets any narrative credit for his contributions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail