Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

16 reviews

emily_mh's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Suicide, Bullying, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Abandonment, and Sexism

Major: loss of a loved one Minor: toxic masculinity

caitlink's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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

pointeshoebookworm's review

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Grief, and Hate crime

Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment

leontyna's review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a really touching story and I loved that we got to see it from two povs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Death

clamel07's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is a very powerful novel. If a child is reading it I would recommend that they do so with adult guidance or with an adult. The author is a wonderful writer and the character's emotions are tangible. I felt that I could feel what the characters were feeling based on the author's description. I would highly recommend this novel for both adults and children. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Racism

atamano's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content

lwimberlyr's review

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Racism

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

boxofdelights's review

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

3.5

I wish that the two girls' voices were more different from each other, and more like how they describe themselves: that we could <b>see</b> Cora's trouble with metaphors, and Quinn's trouble with linear narrative. But that is an adult criticism, and this is a middle-grade book.

As a kid, I would have been disappointed that after all that setup, there was no actual magic. This is definitely a "Friendship was the real magic all along!" book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Child death, and Gun violence