Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar

8 reviews

mandkips's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

morganperks's review

dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Medical content, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Racism, and Violence

nova_juniper's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Important. What a beautiful and haunting picture poem. Excellent writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Racial slurs, Vomit, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia

avabudavari's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Racial slurs

carrotcake's review

challenging emotional sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

lettuce_read's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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: Confinement, Police brutality, Racism, Xenophobia, and Violence

azurities's review

challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved Salazar's second book exploring the current crisis of human rights violations against undocumented immigrants to the United States from the perspective of a young girl. It's a challenging book, and doesn't shy away from the horrors seen in detention facilities, but ultimately provides a little hope that when we listen to immigrant voices, we can make change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

Spoilers for approximately halfway through the book

About half of the book takes place in an ICE detention facility, and the main character and her mother both experience abuse at the hands of the wardens. Another young girl confides in the main character that she was sexually assaulted at the last facility she was at.

savgulick's review

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault