Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink

6 reviews

ktdakotareads's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief, Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kayladaila's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Infidelity, and Slavery

bookcaptivated's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Racism, Murder, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Minor: Bullying, Excrement, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Classism

jenciereads's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, and Terminal illness

Nothing is described in explicit detail, but this is a young adult book and these thing were covered and it was done extremely well but it will possibly make some upset or emotional.

plumpaperbacks's review

challenging emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I picked this up at the library on a whim because the title intrigued me, and when I read the synopsis, I knew this would be an important story. I was right. Although the first half of the book was rather slow, Pink’s writing had me speeding through it nonetheless. Angel and Isaiah grew on me both as individuals and, eventually, as a couple. The family and community dynamics warmed my heart, only for the last third of the book to weigh it down more than I thought possible. The Greenwood massacres are a part of American history not taught in school that I only recently learned about, and this story was eye-opening in more ways than one. I’m not sure what else I can say, as a white person, but I’m glad I read this and definitely think other white people need to as well.

Representation

• Black protagonist and side characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Terminal illness, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Also contains a scene at the end of the book where a building in Greenwood is bombed.

alertnerd's review

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

In the days leading up to the Tulsa Massacre, Angel Hill and Isaiah Wilson have been tasked with delivering books to the underserved areas of their community. What started as contempt between the two teenagers quickly blossoms into something else as they discover more about each other. When a white mob attacks their city, their dreams of an idyllic summer romance are destroyed.

I want more characters like Isaiah Wilson in YA books. He’s soft, caring, intelligent and passionate. That doesn’t mean that he’s without fault though. His flaws are front and center in this story and he has to do a lot to reckon with the mistakes he’s made in the past.

Randi Pink does such a great job of making the reader feel like they are a member of the Greenwood community. Her descriptions transported me to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921.

I believe that everyone should read as much as they can about what happened in Greenwood, because it is an important part of US history that has been ignored for far too long.

Thanks to netgalley and Feiwel and Friends for this ARC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying and Death