Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

16 reviews

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

lizzyc_16's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

So this book was pretty good. It made me cry, it made me smile, it made me throw the book across the room. I do have a few problems though.

I thought it was a bit cringey at times, and the plot was kind of pointless by the end. 

The end was... not great but overall I thought it was a decent and definitely sad, relatable story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Moderate: Islamophobia, Toxic friendship, and Racial slurs

Minor: Cursing and Bullying

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

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

catladyreads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, and Child death

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