Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

9 reviews

fragrant_stars's review

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Child death, Death, Abandonment, and Hate crime

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Violence, Xenophobia, and Racism

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

lovelymisanthrope's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This is a beautiful novel that follows two young girls following the loss of their siblings. Cora and Quinn grew up next door to one another and have been best friends since they were toddlers. Almost a year ago to the day Quinn's brother took a gun to school and killed five people, including Cora's sister. Cora has not been able to be around Quinn because she feels like it is a betrayal to her sister. Quinn wants to make everything better and has begun to research how to time travel, so she can go back to the day it all went wrong. 
Told in duel perspectives, "The Shape of Thunder" explores grief and forgiveness following devastating tragedy. It also explores themes of racism, which were both heartbreaking and inspiring to see. 
This book is definitely written for a younger audience, and it is a very quick read, but I thoroughly enjoyed this story. This is a great novel for someone in middle school to read, if they are looking to diversify their reading! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Abandonment

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

rachaelthegiraffe's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Suicide, Islamophobia, Racism, 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

janial58's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Murder and Mass/school shootings