Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

16 reviews

mmalone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

imscrem's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

This book managed to touchingly portray a court case that reflected on a myriad of issues that America was facing at the time and, in large part, continues to face. It told the story in an engaging way that kept me hooked the whole time and curious to find out more about the issues. The sheer unfairness of it all was shocking to read about so directly. At the same time, I like to think that we are making progress — since the incident, much legislation has passed acknowledging nonbinary individuals, and even within the book it is clear that the state of California has reformed aspects of its prison system. Still, there remains much to be done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

manta_moony's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really loved the way everyone’s stories were pieced together. There was also segments that contained information pertaining to the story to help give the reader perspective which was really helpful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide

avitakaur's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder

bookishperseus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying

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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Grief

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming and Death

Minor: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder, and Dysphoria

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

As time has passed The 57 Bus has won multiple awards and made many best books list. As well as the dubious attention of appearing frequently in book challenges.
 

See my blog for an in-depth review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

This book also discusses the drug wars of the 1980s and 90s and mentions a parent incarcerated for drug offenses.

saragrochowski's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail