Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris

2 reviews

aus10england's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was an interesting one, I tight the story started out really strong, established some interesting themes and storylines I was excited to explore. I found that the book kind of just , fizzled out towards the end? I don’t know. 

I enjoyed the representation of anxiety, and how that related to the characters. The  characters themselves were quite well written, the relationship between Alex and Isaiah specifically made the entire reading experience worth it. 

This this would be a great read for a YA audience in understanding racism and gun violence in America. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse

theasbookworld's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

 Thrilling, heartbreaking page-turner.

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Kevin R. Free and I just flew though it since I found it hard to put down and always wanted to know what happened next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, and Death of parent