Reviews tagging 'Death'

Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin

17 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).

dafni's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: War and Miscarriage

markwillnevercry's review

3.5

This book was really good at displaying the challenges of being an illegal immigrant coming from Africa to Europe, however, for some reason there is no talk of deportation when you arrive to the Europe and this was written by three white men, even tho there was some influence of real stories. I would say that this one was good, but there are probably similar stories told by people who actually went through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Gun violence, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

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

mlottermoser's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Heart breaking story of two brothers trying to make their way to Europe for a better life. A middle grade graphic novel that doesn’t shy away from the dangers these hopeful people endure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Death

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Murder, Death of parent, Gun violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

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

royallyreading's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Heart-wrenching story of people facing hardships and extreme situations to have a better life. Tragic and all too real. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

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