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lindseythelibrarian's review
3.5
This is definitely a book for younger kids, even though it deals with some intense topics! With that being said, it’s childish but deals with topics, like death and cannibalism in an accessible way, having jokes jokes, and banter between the individual who is telling the story, and the two who are listening.
Even for a kids book, I found myself really engaged with what was happening. I was mad about the choices. That mean we’re making to endanger their families. Let’s smash the patriarchy!
One thing that I think would’ve made this book a little bit better, even though it was kind of out of scope, would’ve been a slightly more accurate and well rounded portrayal of the Native American tribes. In this book, it talks about how the native Americans did not respect the treaty but, I think it would’ve been more fair to highlight that they were taken of.
Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, and Death of parent
katrinareadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Animal death, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Terminal illness
ninahuynh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cannibalism, Cursing, and Murder
Minor: Animal death
brookey8888's review
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, Racism, Cannibalism, and Child death
erine's review against another edition
4.25
Donner Dinner Party attempts to answer this question, in the context of the extremely harrowing journey of the wagon train trip taken by the Donner family and many others. The circumstances of their travel are painted in stark terms, illustrating the rash foolishness of some of the party, some unfortunate bad luck, and the grim determination of many of the travelers. As with many of the books in this series, there is humor, there are facts, there is mythbusting, and in the end I find myself still keenly fascinated by history.
There is a frankness to this story that is not hidden, but there are several instances where our narrator warns the reader that they may want to skip ahead. For those who wish to know the story but avoid the cannibalism, it is possible to so. But there is no avoiding the topic of death in general and there are also a few instances of animal consumption that may be distressing (a sentiment that is echoed by the Hangman).
Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Violence, and Death
ekmoore11's review
5.0
Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
onarosebeam's review
4.5
Graphic: Cannibalism and Death
Moderate: Animal death and Child death