Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

43 reviews

flowchelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Violence

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing and Infidelity

stormywolf's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 Audiobook Read by Dion Graham
Unabridged Length: 8.3 Hours
Listened at 1.75x Speed

Read my full review at The Wolf's Den

Overall, a masterful narration and a solid production overall. In a world where audiobooks can sorta start to blend together, this one puts forward a phenomenal one-man-show that lets it stand out. I think there could have been some tweaks to audio editing to allow quieter moments better clarity, but that might not be an issue with headphones and/or slower playback. If you're looking for an audiobook that highlights the power of a voice actor in affecting emotion and general storytelling, Concrete Rose is definitely one to check out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, and Drug abuse

MC smokes weed once, sells weed and other drugs during book. Many depictions and mentions of gang culture & violence. No depictions of moment-of-death/killing, but does depict finding someone just after being killed. No sex scenes, but does include 17-year-olds in pre- & post-sex scene, conversations about condoms, and teen pregnancy. N-word is used among Black people, not by whites.

teow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Amazing read with great storytelling. Angie Thomas is a great writer and I’m happy I was able to receive a signed copy of this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Death, Drug use, Blood, and Racial slurs

abrianna_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

kinahgrace's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

amandalorianxo's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

So I needed something to read for pride that had a red cover on it (trying to read the rainbow during the summer) and I knew Angie Thomas was a well known author but this exceeded my expectations on portraying the life of a black male teenager in the late 90’s. I’m the type of reader where if I know a series has a prequel - I tend to want to read that first to get an idea of any backstory before I spot the Easter eggs in the other novels. This is Starr’s father’s storyline and it has a bisexual character (I’m not going to spoil who it is) but finishing Maverick’s story today made me put the other two novels by Angie Thomas on hold in the library. Definitely worth reading. I cried, laughed and held on for the ride. A few things here and there could have been altered yet it doesn’t change how important this book is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood

cerilouisereads's review

challenging emotional hopeful fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, and Drug use

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

Graphic: Grief and Blood

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Biphobia

ufojules's review

emotional 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

4.0

wholesome!! after reading The Hate U Give, I really wanted to know more about Maverick so this was great. the grammar style is different from what I’m used to but wasn’t difficult or anything, especially when I was reading quicker, I barely even noticed the change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Murder and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Racism