Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough

21 reviews

c_alexander's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Outing

Minor: Violence, Police brutality, and Colonisation

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Genocide and Colonisation

lovelycryptid's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Easy and enjoyable queer teen story, I listened to the audiobook and it was a delight! It handles the complexities of queer first nations Australian identity beautifully. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Alcohol

pm_corbett's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Violence and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicidal thoughts

vixenreader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

A beautiful novel about two Koori boys falling in love that never falls for sentimental troupe while still having hope for the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood and Medical content

There is a snake bite in the book, and discussions about incarceration since one of the protagonist went to juvenile hall.

ricardo_sb's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia and Outing

olijordan's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-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

3.0

This book was really good. I only brought it down because the writing was a little choppy and I didn’t particularly see clearly the change in Jackson from not having feelings to having feelings (this is just a personal thing) 

Other than that it’s a beautiful story and can be very informative about the characters Aboriginal culture and the complexity of struggling with personal identity and keeping community. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Violence, and Outing

Minor: Sexual content

meglouise's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse