Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

11 reviews

torimc's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Death, Violence, and War

al3xa's review against another edition

challenging hopeful fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Genocide and War

Minor: Child death

holiday7's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Now that I've read this for a second time, I can say that this is definitely 3 stars instead of 5. I don't know why I loved this book SOOO much. I mean, it's still good. But not like, amazing type good. It's just plain good. So yeah. The Willoughbys is definitely Lois's best novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry, War, and Grief

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

kwichris's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: War, Religious bigotry, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Murder and War

Minor: Alcohol

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Car accident, and Death

theallmightyme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Racism, and Xenophobia

jselliot's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

A childhood favorite that handled heavy material well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Religious bigotry, and Genocide

Minor: Kidnapping and War

queer_frog's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Gun violence and Kidnapping

reading_ladies_blog's review

hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism and Religious bigotry