Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Half Bad by Sally Green

4 reviews

divya_s's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Genocide and Hate crime

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

gemmu's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

the_ninja_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense

4.25

So, I saw the trailer for the Netflix show and when I found out that it was based on a book I knew I had to read it before I watched the show (perks of working in a library is free reservations ya'll). I flew through the book, Nathan could surprise me by being funny as hell at unexpected moments, and I'm consequently going to go binge the TV show. I will definitely be ordering the next two books in the trilogy from my library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cherryblossomreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is definitely a "first in the series" filled with questions and fewer answers. Nathan is very hard to not care for and even at his worst I just wish him happiness.
The plot moves slowly in this one, but I do not mean this as a bad thing. It gives the reader time to get to know the characters.
The magic seems realistic and is so subtly described I believe it exists somewhere. I love this about it.
When the book ends you definitely need to pick up the next - if not for the plot, then for Nathan.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Kidnapping