Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Lá, Onde o Vento Chora by Delia Owens

859 reviews

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Grief, Bullying, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, Hate crime, and Car accident

Minor: Infertility

raginsagein's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Murder and Racism

Minor: Rape

shyleek's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

I sat on this for 24 hours before writing the review. I don't have a lot of triggers, I can process things like a healthy adult, however this did bring up a lot of stuff. So to write a fair review I had to give my head some space. 

Growing up with Kya was a beautiful and sad journey all at the same time. She was so strong and overcame everything thrown at her but you couldn't help but think that she shouldn't have those things thrown at her to begin with.

Honestly the ending wrecked me. Because while I fully expected it, I didn't want to believe it.

I wanted to hold on to Kyas innocence.

This book will take you on an emotional roller coaster. If you can handle the content, I strongly recommend this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Racism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Confinement, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

quackquackbich's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Death

Minor: Murder

babblefishgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Murder, Racism, and Abandonment

recreated's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

I read this because it was so highly recommended. It was a fine read and I like the main character. The ending was fairly predictable. It was a fine read, not particularly exciting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Racism

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Listened to the audio bc I was scared reading it, but it's okay. I was spoiled by reading the reviews (my bad) but still liked it enough to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

emilosophy's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

I think I let people hype it up too much for me, so my expectations were really high… this was a really mediocre read with some tropes & racist depictions i find…done  poorly & was mostly unnecessary. (i know theyre trying to provide a “realistic 1960s setting” but it was poorly done.)
Overall, I was a bit disappointed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Murder

sk_isheretoo's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

jlocy13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

WOW!!!! This book was absolutely amazing. Kya- young girl living in an abusive home deals with living a lifestyle that brings judgment and is ostracized from the surround community. As this young woman gets older she continues to navigate through all of these difficult situations while being utterly alone. 

The poetry excerpts within the book give glimpses into the emotionally complex young woman. 

While everyone else has been unreliable, nature and its creatures remained present for their never ending lessons and support. 

Delia Owens absolutely knocked this one out of the park. The writing was absolutely beautiful. This book moved me to tears. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Racism