Reviews tagging 'Child death'

There There by Tommy Orange

53 reviews

sarahyllescas's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

There are so many characters and separation in the characters stories until the way end that I couldn't remember them all and it was hard to keep track what happened to who.  That being said, this contemporary piece was so reflective and eye opening to the individual struggles of natives and even minorities as a whole. I really enjoyed that insight. I also just hated the ending was so vague that <spoiler!!!!!!!!> you can't even tell if half the characters die or not! Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Colonisation, and Fatphobia

loch_nesa's review against another edition

dark tense

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

2.5

I enjoyed the parts that talked about the native experience. The other stuff I really didnt enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape, Cancer, Death of parent, and Child death

elliebell7's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

i really want to like this book; it was hard to follow but felt accomplishing as all the pieces mostly were put together. the surplus of characters were tricky to keep track of and feel connected to. it was partially because of this i felt a bit frustrated by the writing style at times - i felt it was tedious and repetitive as some characters seemed excessive since they didn’t get closure in the book. it was also an extremely dark, graphic, and sad read. however i cannot say i didn’t like the book. i appreciate the wide range of native perspectives given as an insight to the culture, especially through an urban lens. and this book will definitely stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

erindipities's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault

hannahgeorgiae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

that ending was brutal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racism

kayesomething's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

georgiesutton's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I found the book a little hard to follow and found myself caring for some characters far more than others and because I was invested in their stories I was left wanting more from them. The others just added noise and confusion. However this was enjoyable, I just would have liked it to be more refined and develop the end more as it kind of just left me gobsmacked with not much reflection or processing or answers. The book had also come highly recommended and for me didn’t live up to that which is a shame because I like multi-perspective/generational books, this just tried to do too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Blood

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

kim_kv's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I am interested to see what he writes next, and I'll definitely be interested to read other stuff. He writes about an overlooked community, and presents important themes. However, there were so many people and I didn't feel invested in many or clear on their motivations. They felt like props in the overall message about the cycles of harm in the Native community to me. In all that there were some story lines and moments that were very compelling though and again this did seem like a very unique book to me so I'm still giving it a 3.5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse

elsiehowie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Racism, Mental illness, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug use, Cursing, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Physical abuse