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bbelitz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Deportation, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, War, Death, Genocide, Death of parent, and Racism
dafni's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Trafficking, and Murder
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: War and Miscarriage
robinks's review against another edition
informative
sad
tense
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
4.25
The story and characters are gripping, especially “Journey” at the end. While a work of fiction, there is a lot to be learned about the difficulties and trauma migrants face in journeying to a new place. However, it doesn’t feel right to me that it was written and illustrated by 3 white men…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Confinement, Deportation, War, Trafficking, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage
hmbk's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and War
Minor: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Blood
bookishandlegal's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
This graphic novel is mandatory reading! It is SO good and such a good depiction of what immigrants go through as they seek out a better place to live. The graphics are beautiful and I loved that the story switched between the current journey (on the boat to Europe) and the journey Ebo took from Ghana to find his brother. Ebo was such a sweet character and just always a ray of light and hope even when things looked pretty hopeless for him and his friends. This book was heartbreaking, but also so important for people to read and understand. Seriously, amazing, go read this asap.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Trafficking, War, and Violence
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