Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

2 reviews

nervousyoungman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Deadnaming, Gore, Mental illness, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Vomit, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Sexual harassment

alisazhup's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

-Not a fan of how this author wrote their disabled character
-Some things just seemed like technological inaccuracies.

The whole metal detector part was not the most believable to me

-The main characters weren't exactly one dimensional, but they were written as perfect and faultless (except for Esperanza) which made for boring reading sometimes. It was hard to connect with anyone

I liked the diverse cast of characters, the social justice plot, and

that the end wasn't wrapped up in a perfect bow

. I know some people say that it was unrealistic for Moss and his friends to experience no homophobia, especially at school, and I agree, but I don't think it's a flaw. It's actually refreshing to read about someone who uses they/them pronouns, for example, and is never misgendered or deadnamed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, and Misogyny