Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

42 reviews

veskumelooni's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Hate crime, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Grief

adrienne_c's review

emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

westonreads's review

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Read this for school which is probably why I didn’t like it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Death, Hate crime, Cultural appropriation, and Gun violence

tsundoku_'s review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.25

Sad and hard to read at some points but I'd highly recommend this to everyone. Very eye opening

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Hate crime

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

cestnicka's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I did really like this book but I did have mixed feelings about it for a a few reasons. 

I liked the content covered in the book and it does feel very “real” and what is happening in the world right now. It’s very current and I feel that there would be a lot of people who would connect with this story. 

I actually enjoyed the way the book was written. I thought the back and forth from 3rd person to 1st person narrative was a cool concept. It allowed you to see as an outsider how something is perceived and then get the main characters POV right after. 

I liked that the book was short and too the point but it was almost too short if that makes sense. The author tried to pack a lot of issues into one book and I think that took away from it slightly. I didn’t feel like I got a chance to connect with the characters because by the time I was starting to feel invested the book had ended.  It was also alot packed into one book so I feel like we only scratched the surface on so many different topics. 

I also didn’t love the way they spoke about women in the book. It felt a bit wierd to me but maybe that was the point? 

With it being such a short read I think anyone could and should read it and can decide for themselves what they think! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Hate crime

maiahhtratchh's review

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 good but heartbreaking book. I am kind of at a loss for words. Would definitely recommend. The mixed-method storytelling (mashing traditional prose with scripts and letters and news reports) really helped capture the story from multiple angles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, and Police brutality

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

theasbookworld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Classism, Death, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Child death, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

kathis_wonderland's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

Dear Martin by Nic Stone is about Justyce, who is unjustly handcuffed by a white cop. From this day on, he realizes that even though he goes to a good school, he can't escape racism and injustices. He starts to study the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to see if he can somehow apply his doings in his own life. But more bad things happen and people are murdered.
 
I wanted to read this book for a very long time. It reminded me of THUG but was different in so many aspects as well. What BIPoCs have to face every single day is devastating and a crime. No human being should be discriminated. No matter what. Reading books like this break my heart on so many levels. But is important to get this reality out there more. I learn something new every time I read a book. And I learn even more when it is about a topic that I am personally not affected by. This book helped me to broaden my horizon even more and to keep on calling out racist people and content.
 
I really liked the concept of the journal that Justyce writes. He is trying to apply concepts to his own life, which is good for learning. The entries give a great insight into Justyce's life and how he is thinking about the world. Jared is one character I absolutely hated! He talked about reverse racism and how he was the one being discriminated. He only saw his mistakes towards the end as he realized that ALL BIPoCs experience racism, even when they are the "good" BIPoCs. Even though the second half of the book was really heartbreaking and unjust, I liked how the book ended. It showed that people can change. Beliefs can change. But you have to be willing to open your eyes and listen to the experiences of people and believe them!
 
This book gives a strong message to its readers. The story is heartbreaking and shows perfectly that America has a problem with gun violence and racism (but that is also a problem for all of the world). I can highly recommend it to everyone! Really liked it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism

tetetaeskz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Death, Murder, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail