Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

17 reviews

booked_on_phonics's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Grief, Death, Suicide, and Gun violence

innastholiel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Bullying, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

mrylee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

this is so real and painful and so so emotional 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Mass/school shootings

marlainmontanareads's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

f18's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Racism, and Islamophobia

Minor: Medical content, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

colleen_be's review

emotional hopeful sad 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

This book is amazing! It is incredibly well written. The emotions of the two main characters are palpable throughout the book. They are incredibly real and my heart hurt for them as I read. Both Quinn and Cora are dealing with loss from a school shooting that happened almost a year ago. Cora, because her sister was killed, and Quinn because her brother was the shooter. They had been best friends, but the shooting tore them apart. Through their quest to travel back in time and change the course of that day they both begin to heal and come back to each other.

👍🏻

• So much authentic representation!
• Amazing characters and character development
• Touches on heavy topics in a way that middle schoolers can understand (grief, regret, school shooting)
• alternating point of view
• Mrs. Euclid is an angel, the only person in Quinn's life who is trying to help her cope with her feelings of guilt and loss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, and Hate crime

kindredbooks's review

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

Ever since reading Other Words for Home, Jasmine Warga has become a must-read author for me. I am so incredibly grateful that I was able to received an ARC ahead of its release to read and share my thoughts. Thank you to Harper Collins Canada for the gifted copy.

Jasmine Warga has this incredible talent for writing characters that feel so real and relateable. Both Cora and Quinn’s stories and perspectives touched my heart as they struggled with situations, fears, and trauma that no middle grader should have to deal with. But this is also where Jasmine Warga excels - she tackles these issues of racism, gun violence, and Islamophobia head on that gives credit to the very real lives of young people in the world today. By not shying away from these topics, while creating these young characters that you can empathize with, Jasmine Warga pulls at your heartstrings and teaches her readers about family, friendship, forgiveness, loss, and the tough conversations and decisions that we must make in order to create a better and safe world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings