Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin

12 reviews

bbelitz's review

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Deportation, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, War, Death, Genocide, Death of parent, and Racism

thechroniclesofsiania's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Grief, Death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

typedtruths's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.75

 this was devastatingly good. i definitely cried at least once 😭

▷ Representation: Ebo (mc) & his brother Kwame (sc) is Ghanaian; African & Black cast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage

➸ Trigger warnings for starvation, extreme dehydration, and food/water scarcity discussed, miscarriage mentioned (author's note), physical illness and injury, death of brother from drowning (on-page), murder by gun violence (on-page), disappearance of a sibling mentioned, drowning & near-drowning (on-page), mass death from drowning due to a boating accident (on-page), child homelessness and extreme poverty (on-page), and the refugee crisis (theme).

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional sad medium-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

this was so incredibly sad but showed so much emotion and strength within the characters. the art was beautiful and the plot was so full. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Death, Child death, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

cheye13's review against another edition

challenging sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Aside from the age of the characters, this didn't have the impact I had hoped it would. I found the additional materials like the firsthand account and the authors' notes more evocative and informative than the main story. Still, a very well crafted work in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Deportation

Minor: Violence and Alcoholism

also depictions of a life-threatening illness and drowning

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…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Confinement, Deportation, War, Trafficking, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Death of parent, Trafficking, Child death, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Trafficking, and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Medical content

emilysbookishlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

misshornikel's review

emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death