Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

5 reviews

imscrem's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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

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

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.

sssssoup's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Racial slurs, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

freg's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail