Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Maa ja taivas by Yaa Gyasi

81 reviews

swordsmith's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

Yaa Gyasi strikes gold (again)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-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

4.5

This book was BRILLIANT. I had seen it on the bookstores’ bookshelves and always thought to pick it up, but never gave myself the chance to read it until now. Gifty is a gorgeous character, with so much nuance, and I loved being able to feel her energy throughout the book. Although I am not religious, I could appreciate how she saw God as an integral part of her life and even as she moved into her idyllic world, they were still there. 

Throughout the book, I felt the pain of Nana’s overdose and of her mum feeling/having (?) anhedonia (the inability to feel pleasure), so it made me tear up so much when she finally found her joy in Hans and found a partner who could know her and understand her 🥹

I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who’s not yet picked it up! There were so many incredible quotes as well. ❤️✨

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Drug use, Racism, and Classism

barbarella85's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

nicola4e'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death

idtirnan0g's review against another edition

reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Religious bigotry

maireadalice's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, and Mental illness

daria_mm's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Toxic relationship

charliedezeeuw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

culown's review against another edition

sad

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This book does an amazing job navigating the relationships that Gifty, the main character, has with her religion and her family. 
The way mental illness and the death of a relative are explored is so deep and true that it hurts either because it brings back memories or because simply you can feel the pain Gifty has to endure

It's so depressing and real that i would advise to check carefully the tws. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide attempt

onceandfuturereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I have to say, I preferred “Homegoing.” This book reads more like an essay collection about the science of addiction and mental illness than a novel. Which, if that is what you want to read, pick this up! I appreciated the tidbits about those two issues, which I hold very close to my heart. However, the narrative was bland. Everything was spelled out. Maybe this is due to the fact that Gifty has such a logical way of thinking, and she is the narrator. And I liked that aspect of her character, the writing style just wasn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt