Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

11 reviews

pjv's review against another edition

challenging inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Violence, Death, and Murder

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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

4.5

this was a really good book that educated me in something i knew nothing about going into it. it was very sad at times and my heart ached (and still does) for salva, and i wish him nothing but the best with his foundation!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gun violence, War, Death, Violence, Genocide, Child death, and Death of parent

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

3.0

Struggles of two African children impacted by the lack of clean water access in southern Sudan. It alternates between their perspectives 20 years apart. The setting during one time period is a long trek to refugee camps trying to escape war.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Violence, Abandonment, Genocide, Racism, War, Death of parent, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Death, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

mollykfinn's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Religious bigotry and Child death

alenert's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

I really enjoyed this—it's a quick audiobook (~3 hours), dual-narration, that follows the real-life story of Salva, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," and a fictionalized character, Nya, who lives in a remote village in South Sudan years later. I would recommend, especially if you know little (to nothing, like me) about the Second Sudanese Civil War.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, War, and Child death

mysterymeenah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Child death

Minor: Blood

girlwhoreadssomtimes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

It was a great book with a good message

jad377's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Great- based on a true story tale about The Lost Boys of Sudan, life struggling to find & collect water every day, surviving in a war torn country & the struggles of a conflict filled country in turmoil. A very inspiring & hopeful tale, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Genocide, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

kendraparker82's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

Graphic: Murder and War

Moderate: Child death

al3xa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

listened to first half on audiobook & read second half! will be teaching this this year as it’s in our curriculum. has many emotional, traumatic, and devastating incidents for the main character (based on a real person) but overall hopeful at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Grief, Genocide, Blood, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Violence, Colonisation, Abandonment, and Deportation