Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

11 reviews

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Classism, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

jinx_mars's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Police brutality, and Racism

overbooked207's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

📖 Ain’t Burned All The Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin Book Review 📖

1st book of April 2022 and 13th of the year:

Following the story of a Black American family in 2020, this is such a powerful and moving book about the Covid pandemic/lockdown and the horrific violence against Black Americans, and the impact of those things and more on people. The art was absolutely beautiful and impactful, and the story, how the breathing metaphor was used, and the lack of a lot of words, allowing the art to tell a lot of the story, were so important and done so well. I highly recommend picking this up! TW for police brutality, racism, hate crimes, death, violence, gun violence, the Covid pandemic, sickness, grief, murder, and medical content📚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Death, Grief, Police brutality, and Hate crime

blackcatkai's review

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

vaniavela's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Police brutality

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is a stunning work of art. A time capsule of what it meant to live and love through 2020 this book is absolutely breathtaking. It will break your heart and instill hope for where we go next. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Hate crime

readandfindout's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.5

Style/writing: 5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars
Art: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Medical content, and Violence

kayladaila's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Police brutality, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

betweentheshelves's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This book just shows the mastery that Jason Reynolds has over language. Overall, there aren't that many words in this book, but they make you feel something. Highly recommend reading the coversation between Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin at the end about how this book came to be, because it's a wonderful story.

We shouldn't forget about the art, either. The art combined with the words in this book is part of what makes it such a powerful experience. I'm not sure I could completely put it into words. But I would 100% love to listen to Jason Reynolds read this, so I'm definitely leaving my audiobook hold from the library. Honestly, just read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, and Medical content

mysterymom40's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

This is about the ongoing pandemic. It is from the point of view of a youth. His dad is sick and his brother is absorbed with video games. His mom seems to spend time watching the news and the sister is on screens communicating with others. Sad memories and moments with some hope at the end.