Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

22 reviews

shaun_dh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

YA is not my usual genre, but I really enjoyed this! Books from this time period are hard for me bc I’d rather read books about Black joy than Black resilience, but the twist of zombies drew me in

I really only read this in the first place bc it was listed as a book for the Queer Lit Readathon and I was under the impression that the MC is bisexual. She talks an awful lot about interest in boys/men and only a mere two sentences about her having kissed a girl, so idk that I would call this queer representation

The author’s note about Indigenous boarding schools was appreciated bc Idk if that is being taught in schools and if the young audience would know about that otherwise

Overall, this was a good read. Jane is a fantastic MC. I love a young woman who takes no shit from men—especially when it’s so subversive for the time. It would make a killer movie. I liked it enough to want to pick up the sequel. Almost every content warning you can think up for how Black people were treated during that time is applicable, so heed that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Alcohol

midnightstory's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death of parent

musen_henning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Child death, Cursing, and Cannibalism

leafhead's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Minor: Slavery, Blood, and Medical content

emmehooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse

mickij's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Murder

barefootbetsy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was excellent! I’m so glad I bought the sequel before I finished this book. Looking forward to starting it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

zoepagereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I’m not going to lie, this is not what I was expecting from this book. I thought it would just be like classic zombie apocalypse style with the MC and crew going around and killing with style. I was NOT expecting the false utopia that was actually presented in this. But hey, unexpected stuff can be fun, and this was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement

Minor: Child death and Cursing

breadwitchery's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, and War

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child abuse and Child death