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Reviews tagging 'Grief'
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
36 reviews
gays0up's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
justsmileandread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racism, and Grief
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Animal death and Blood
hyacinthus_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Vomit, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
jamiejanae_6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Eating disorder, Murder, and Colonisation
vixenreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Medical content and Abandonment
There is also death of and , as well as a huge focus on the effects and shame of poverty.jhbandcats's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
This book isn’t very long and it’s very funny, and it has short chapters that move really quickly - but it seemed to take me forever to finish it. I’d put it down and then I’d procrastinate rather than reading more. It was because it’s about the most painful story I’ve read in I don’t know how long. It would be sad enough anyway, but the fact that it’s based on Alexie’s experiences makes it heartbreaking.
I know about Alexie’s sexual abuse of women and the harm that he caused. That infuriates me. For someone so talented and so representative of a minority to take advantage of his position in this way is worse than appalling because it gives a bad name to all in that minority. In addition to my anger, I have mixed feelings about recommending his book. It’s the same with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski movies - how do you separate the reprehensible artist from the spectacular art? Is that even possible?
I don’t know the answer. I just know that this was a phenomenal book that makes me want to read everything else by Sherman Alexie.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
unusualsnowunicorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, and Child abuse
michaelion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Great book, though. I'm glad I reread it.
But I had to take away points for use of the n word. Like damn even if it's not from our main character, it's very disappointing the author wrote that in.
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder
booksandcatsgalore's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Racism, and Grief
lucinotlucy's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicide, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail