Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac

6 reviews

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Bullying

keejaymarie02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad slow-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

3.0

An informative historical fiction book that shows the life and hardships of a young Navajo man as grows up and joins the Marines to become a Codetalker during WWII. It's written as if it's the main character telling his decendents his story, almost like a fictional memoir. It's a great story, but is only rated as a 3 star for me due to the long passages deeply describing war tactics and other military jargon, which isn't as interesting to me as the rest of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, Slavery, and Suicide

mandkips's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

maple_dove's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Child death

(Minor) nonconsensual human experimentation

kelshenka's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gun violence, Violence, Racism, and Child abuse

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Racism