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Lá, Onde o Vento Chora by Delia Owens

55 reviews

parisreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking

oliviafaye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

malpal132's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Beautiful prose, but ultimately I just don't think a white author should be using the n-word--especially when it's not necessary to the plot. It was also a bit slow for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Dementia, and Stalking

Minor: Racial slurs

fraboo's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Where to start? I loved this book. So much. I was captivated and hooked the entire time, and even if it took me a while to read the first 100 pages, I flew through the others in two days.
This compelling story following a young girl, raised by nature, took my heart and made it hers. Following Kya growing up, seeing her fears, her emotions, her experiences circumnavigating life without a precise adult to trust or follow, truly captivated me and had me rooting for her sooo much.
I truly enjoyed Kya's character, I found her to be well written and developed. Tate was such a lovely character, I loved how he helped Kya, not by being her saviour but by giving her the means to save herself. Jumpin' and Mabel were such sweet creatures, I loved them so much, they were the mother and father Kya never had. And I was so glad for Jodie as well.

I also found the reveals of the finale to be completely unexpected. Delia Owens does a fantastic job of making us believe in Kya's innocence. Even when I made my guesses regarding the potential killer, earlier in the novel, I removed Kya from the list of suspects. So when we find out she's guilty, I was truly mind blown. 
Out of the two "love interests" we're presented with, I obviously preferred Tate. I hated him for having been a coward, but then Chase came around and I was like, after all maybe Tate wasn't so bad. I really enjoyed how he acknowledged his mistakes and tried to make it up to Kya without forcing his apologies on her. He really is a good person. I was so happy to see them end together.

I can't stress enough how much I recommend this book. It is truly brilliant and exquisite to read. I loved it so much, and will never shut up about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

brittishliterature's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wild with emotion, and worth every page.

Still trying to process how good this book was & wishing I could read it all over for the first time again and again - it had me so emotionally invested & I can’t stop thinking about it.

Absolutely, heartbreakingly, painfully, beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Stalking, and Rape

Minor: Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship