Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Refugee by Alan Gratz

23 reviews

dmdeacon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

libreroaming's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.75

Alan Grantz manages to weave three different stories of refugees over time and continents into a tense nail biter of a novel. Usually when you skip from one group to the next, one inevitably falls behind but all three managed to be very strong, perhaps with one hiccup exception where Joseph's story had to go through a timeskip before finishing. Grantz doesn't flinch from explaining the hazards his characters go through, which makes it a satisfying, if not somber, read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and War

rebeckle4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs and Suicide attempt

yourdelulureader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this was a very interesting book! i would definitely give it a read, it truly showed me how awful some people could have it. i would definitely recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

jennswan's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Torture, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

smilagros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? N/A

5.0

Reading this while there is a current genocide happening was extremely difficult. History has constantly repeated and yet we never learn. I think this was beautifully written. It tore at your soul because all you wanted to do was reach in the pages and hug these children. Get them out of the horrible situations each one was going through. I truly believe everyone should read this. Especially now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

allthebooks36's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and War

bri_fabiano's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.5

This book is trauma porn for children written by some dude with a victim complex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

novelyon's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and War

gillianengelbrecht's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Vomit, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Islamophobia, Grief, and Pregnancy