Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

11 reviews

acesiever's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

sppixie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

It's really difficult to listen to the main character's inner thoughts and dialogue. He is sometimes logical, sometimes jumps to conclusions, sometimes totally irrational, etc. Perhaps this was intended to get into the mind of a character his age; however, I found it really annoying and was prone to whiplash.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Dementia, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Classism, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Homophobia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Child death

Minor: Outing, Miscarriage, Addiction, Self harm, and Vomit

mackenzienoelle's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Hate crime, Bullying, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Outing, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

sophietoes's review

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

5.0

i loved at the edge of the universe and wanted to read more of hutchinson’s work. i’m glad i did.

we are the ants follows henry, dubbed ‘space boy’ by his peers because of his frequent run-ins with aliens who have informed him that the world will end on january 29th - unless he presses the big red button in their ship. and he has a lot of reasons not to.

this story is sad in parts, heartwarming in others, captivating all the way through and makes you question your mortality and existence. i absolutely loved it. hutchinson’s quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Death

Moderate: Hate crime and Suicide

danat28's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was mostly focused on Henry Denton, the main character, and his life rather than the description about aliens and the end of the world. It was a good book, weird at some points but it has some good lessons throughout. Although

I didn’t love how the end was a complete cliffhanger.

I give it 3.5/5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Hate crime

cheye13's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Body horror, Torture, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, and Dementia

tetetaeskz's review

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

chloevienna's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

literally the most accurate portrayal of mental health struggles i’ve ever read. mind the triggers but i think this is critical for everyone to read before they die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Homophobia

nenesuxz's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Honestly, I was really looking forward to reading this book, sadly I was really really let down. This book dragged on for too long in the hopes of being inspiring and profound, when really it was a cast of characters failing this kid over and over. I did not find the characters in this book likeable, if anything I was super annoyed by them and their actions  This book put me in a reading slump, the writing wasn’t great and the plot was eh…… I really didn’t like this one, can’t believe I got it as a hardcover….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Emotional abuse

mwhite0226's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death