Reviews tagging 'Death'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

27 reviews

nervousyoungman's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Ableism, Transphobia, Mental illness, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Confinement, Body shaming, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Car accident

helia_'s review

inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Ableism

nipsnpiss's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

betweentheshelves's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

It took me a long time to get to this book, but I'm so glad I finally did. This is such a powerful book, with a lot of great, diverse representation. It's not an easy read, especially since this was published three years ago and so many of the issues are still prevalent. Anger Is a Gift is definitely a must-read for anyone who likes activist fiction in YA, especially activist fiction that feels incredibly realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cursing

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I should have kept track of how many times this book made me cry. There were 100 pages or so that skillfully brought out the tears. This book has layers.  Aside from the main story line, we also get to see Moss deal with his own mental health, friendships, and a potential boyfriend.

Queer representation: non-binary, bisexual, biromantic, ace, gay, lesbian 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Blood, Cursing, and Vomit

alisazhup's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

-Not a fan of how this author wrote their disabled character
-Some things just seemed like technological inaccuracies.

The whole metal detector part was not the most believable to me

-The main characters weren't exactly one dimensional, but they were written as perfect and faultless (except for Esperanza) which made for boring reading sometimes. It was hard to connect with anyone

I liked the diverse cast of characters, the social justice plot, and

that the end wasn't wrapped up in a perfect bow

. I know some people say that it was unrealistic for Moss and his friends to experience no homophobia, especially at school, and I agree, but I don't think it's a flaw. It's actually refreshing to read about someone who uses they/them pronouns, for example, and is never misgendered or deadnamed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, and Misogyny

jewishpadme's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Police brutality, Racism, Death, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

ryanrambles's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Police brutality

Moderate: Racism and Transphobia

piperlee's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Death of parent, and Death