Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Erasure by Percival Everett

5 reviews

f6x's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The heartbreakingly real travails of an American family shimmer vividly against this backdrop of satire, perception, and social commentary. A remarkable journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Violence, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

kreglow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Kidnapping, Sexism, Child abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gore, Violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Dementia, Infidelity, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

queenoftheharpies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Listened to the audiobook. Just a heads up the novel within the novel is difficult to get through - and long. It was about an hour in the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Dementia, Suicide, Racism, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

realtightsweater's review against another edition

funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Mostly read so I can go watch American Fiction. There were some parts like about fly fishing and wood working and random sentences in latin that I didn't really understand. The book didn't seem to start moving until the last third and then ended a bit abruptly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Dementia, Abortion, Murder, and Gun violence

firstaidkit's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Dementia, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Death and Grief