Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Lá, Onde o Vento Chora by Delia Owens

859 reviews

darkwood's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism

hello_divine's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

4.0

In the beginning, it was hard, at least for me as a non-native speaker, to follow the story because of the specific vocabulary and the conversations in slang and dialect. But by the middle of the book I got better and still it is beautifully written, almost like a piece of art. It's so detailed and touching that I felt like I was right there with them! The raw and authentic portrait of the time added to that feeling. Kya's coming-of-age story is heartbreaking, but also full of heartwarming resilience. I really like Kya - she's such a lovable and fascinating character! Unfortunately, I found the ending quite weak: lots of events but very little emotion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Sexual assault, Death, Racism, Bullying, and Murder

Minor: War and Infertility

arcticfishies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, and Rape

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Infertility, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Racial slurs, Bullying, Misogyny, Cancer, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

2busyreading's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Racism, and Racial slurs

m_pines_pnw's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

This book has been in the bottom of my TBR for a while (I tending to prioritize bestsellers just above the classics when I read), but it was worth it! It pulls at your heartstrings and for those of you that absolutely need it to, has a not-unhappy ending. No spoilers there, but we all know there are times where a sad end isn’t what you need :) 

One scene containing sexual assault, and some themes of racism/classism, as one would expect from a book about America in the 1960s.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Sexual assault

d4yd4y's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder and Racism

77mimi's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

1.0

oh delia, i don’t think you even knew what you wanted this to be — just so much excessive purple prose that desperately needed to be edited down (and this is coming from someone who enjoys dickens)

the non-linear structure was really unnecessary and didn’t at all help with my opinion of the book overall; i found myself entirely uninterested in what was occurring with the crime plot, even as it built up in the second part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

taissadj's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.75

I’m not crying, you are. Also the cat made me like it better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Alcoholism

sassyykassie's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent