Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

15 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

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Lesbophobia

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

It took me a long time to get to this book, but I'm so glad I finally did. This is such a powerful book, with a lot of great, diverse representation. It's not an easy read, especially since this was published three years ago and so many of the issues are still prevalent. Anger Is a Gift is definitely a must-read for anyone who likes activist fiction in YA, especially activist fiction that feels incredibly realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cursing

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

alouette's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very diverse and beautiful, but definitely a difficult read with a lot of tragedy. I have a lot of respect for the how the topics of racism, poverty, ableism, and more were handled. But I did find fault in how many of the side characters existed only to prop up the main character. Obviously they're his friends, but they felt very one dimensional compared to his (Moss') complexities. 

Even if the ending is slightly ambiguous, it gives a strong message about a fight that's not over and how it will be fueled by support for each other- and anger, in the best way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Biphobia, Deadnaming, and Transphobia