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Lá, Onde o Vento Chora by Delia Owens

55 reviews

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Abandonment, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Confinement and Racial slurs

sauvageloup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

a beautiful and thought-provoking book with a great plot and writing, the whole package

(spoilers throughout this review) 
pros:
- the writing is just stunning, so visual it's like seeing a misty video in your mind, but with all the emotions attached. I'm not sure I even appreciated it all properly, only stopping to really linger on phrases a couple of times because I was so into the story
- the plot was great too, totally gripping and keeps you guessing till the last page and I was so hooked at the trial, literally couldn't put it down
- part of that was the characters, which were beautiful. I desperately wanted to meet kya in real life, to have someone love me like Tate does her. their relationship and characters were so starkly beautiful. even when they do wrong, you can't stop loving them 
- I think Kya's upbringing was respected too. even when she was an adult, she still had that lingering, abandoned girl in her. she thrived despite or because of it, but it still was visibly part of her, not pushed to the side or grown out of. her trauma was still there in her wariness and defiance and silence 
- I loved that Mabel and Jumpin were the ones to step up for Kya when she was little. your heart just aches for that little girl, all alone until she's not. the tiny kindnesses of people that should've been so much more
- i loved the ending. it felt almost inevitable, in a perfectly plotted way. it seemed like it couldn't have been her during he trial, but it feels like it must have been at the same time. she knows that Chase won't leave her alone, and she talks about the female insects. that she buried her secret for so long is not unsurprisingly, though I hope she knew Tate would've forgave her. maybe he already guessed. 
- also it was just very well done all around. I can't quite say it felt wholly original in all its parts, but it came together in an original and impressive whole. I loved the descriptions of the South that bled through in the food, writing and nature. there was such love there despite the injustice. 
- oh I did appreciate that Kya's period and her sexual desire wasn't tip-toed around, though I thought we might get a masturbation scene - Kya is so independent, the idea that she'd let Chase leave her wanting and not fix it or explore herself felt not right. I was glad however that Kya and Tate had a complete life even without children, that's often the heterosexual happy ending and I'm glad they still were happy without that. I wonder if Kya's early malnutrition might've damaged her fertility, since she never conceived with Chase and there was no mention of contraception 
- OH and I just loved the nature info, and the poetry quotes. anything chance to learn, I enjoy, but particularly about nature and it was woven so well into the story. I love characters with strong interests. 

cons:
- perhaps at the start, the time jumping confused me a bit, but not too bad
- I did find it a bit sad that her growing up was defined a lot by sex and her period. there's other defining features of adulthood than that, more subtle, but there's a lot of focus on those bits
- while I loved Jumpin's character hugely and I know the times in which it was set, if reality was bent enough for Kya to get a perfect love, I wish Jumpin and the other POCs on the story had gotten more justice, more of a plot line somehow. but I guess that would've made the book too big

overall, loved it, would read again. and somebody pls get Kya a cat!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual content, Confinement, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mental illness

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Abandonment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Stalking

meghancraft's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Stalking, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

e_reader's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I went into it knowing the final twist, and that made the experience really interesting. I found it a little slow to get into, but finished it in less than a week! I plan to reread this soon, and I think this book is one that will hold up with rereads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

bella_izzy_gabby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

I loved everything about this book except the ending!!! I just wish the murderer had been someone else because I had all this built-up expectancy and it all just deflated once I found out who had done it.

I loved how she got to live out the rest of her life with Tate and that was all super sweet but it just felt as if that all was not right once I found out that she had killed Chase and just gotten away with it. Yes, it was unexpected but they didn't even explain how exactly she had done it. I wanted more specifics about how she had gotten away with it and not run out of time.

So, overall this was a pretty good book, the beginning was a tad slow but once I got into it I loved it... up until the end. The ending and slow beginning are the reason this book was not a 5 star for me. I was slightly disappointed (by the ending, everything else was amazing) but not terribly disappointed... so I just suggest that you read this book for yourself, you might just see it differently than I do :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Bullying, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I had mixed feelings about this book. Overall, I liked the unique storyline and lush descriptions of nature and wildlife. It’s a topic I’m not incredibly well versed in so I appreciated the knowledge. The plot was unique and not incredibly predictable. However, the book fell flat for me in terms of some tropes, writing styles, and the ending. I don’t understand how kya could be the most beautiful girl everyone said she was when she was often caked in mud, with tangled hair and subjective bad hygiene. It seemed a little to on the “main character is so beautiful so she has many men pining after her” trope. I also personally did not like that it was not in first person. I think we could’ve gotten a more solid understanding of kya if it was told from her perspective. The old southern vernacular being used in dialogue also left me a little disappointed. It just made it much harder to enjoy the book. Lastly, I found that the ending really through off all of the work that had been put in the book to establish the character of kya and the reliability of the narrator. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Child death, Grief, Infertility, and Addiction

coco_5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

so good like wow. i read it in a day. breathtaking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Stalking, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Slavery

beren_wren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing

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

5.0

It's so fitting I finished this book on the beach. It really is a love letter to the southern marshes. It shows the melancholy of social isolation, self-survival, and learning to trust. It was comforting in the style and I felt at home within the first few chapters.

I don't blame her for it. He had it coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Stalking and Suicidal thoughts