Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Bus 57: Eine wahre Geschichte by Dashka Slater

25 reviews

bookobsessedmommy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

This book had an almost light tone, which sounds off putting, but it's really what allowed me to finish it. I read primarily to escape, so I struggle to read books that depict the hard and ugly parts of real life. The tragic events of what happened on the 57 bus are told in balance way that humanizes both Richard and Sasha, without excusing Richards actions. There fact that this book is YA explains the basic levels of education the author tries to provide around the gender spectrum, sexuality, mass incarceration, gun violence, and alternative rehabilitation options for juvenile offenders. Slater gives a general idea of how things were at the time of the incident, how certain ideas and legislation effect individuals, and a few glimpses at how things have changed since then. At times, the story seemed to grow arms and legs, delving into the back stories of parents and counselors, but the of life has dealt so many young people a garbage hand and they're doing the best they can to deal with it came through.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Hate crime, Medical content, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Grief

savvypotions's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Deadnaming

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Violence, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Transphobia, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Murder, Drug use, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

sophiaroesler's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Racism, Hate crime, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual harassment and Gun violence

starla_anne's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Violence, and Racism

winnielynlyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Suicide

greywolfheir's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Gun violence, Racism, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide and Death

tnb10's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This telling of a true event is eye opening. It was interesting to learn about the depths of gender, sexuality, and attraction. It makes you think and reflect about so many current topics; gender identity, incarceration rates, effects of being incarcerated, laws, and more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Cursing, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

fred_nom_nom's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

3.25

I don't recommend this book as a first or only source of information on the topic, because you can tell that the person who wrote it isn't directly effected by the things they're writing about e.g misgendering, using deadnames and using words and discriptions which aren't fitting or even hurtful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Hate crime

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Racial slurs, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt