Reviews tagging 'Death'

There There by Tommy Orange

201 reviews

mmefish's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

4.5

He looked off, out of the living-room window, across the street, or father, off to where the sun had set, or past that, back at his life maybe, and then he got this look in his eyes, it was something Dene had seen in his mom's eyes, something that looked like remembering and dressing at once.

I lost track of the characters a bit in the last third of the book but it didn't change the fact that all of them felt incredibly real.

Something about it will make sense. The bullets have been coming from miles. Years. Their sound will break the water in our bodies, tear sound itself, rip out lives in half. There tragedy of it all will be unspeakable, the fact we've been fighting for decades to be recognized as a present-tense people, modern and relevant, alive, only to die in the grass wearing feathers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Car accident, and Abortion

mthereader's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

rachel_macak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Car accident

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful look into many different Native people’s lives. Surprisingly it didn’t take long to get used to and remember the characters (my personal favorite was Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield’s!!) and the stories were all great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Abortion, and Abandonment

gconley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Racism

smgossett77's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

kkocik's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

mekowaletti's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

charity_ix's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved the stories in this book so much! I thought 14 people would be too many to follow initially, but it worked out perfectly fine and the way everyone connected was so satisfying. I loved how the book had a casual vibe but was also part of a larger event, the powwow. Although this book is fiction, I learned so much about urban Native American communities and culture, specifically in Oakland. My favorite stories definitely were Jaqueline, Opal, and Orvil. I also just thought the themes were so fitting and heartbreaking, but also realistic. This did take me a while to read, not because it was boring but just because I've been busy with the holidays and finals.

The pacing is done well, but the whole plot to rob the powwow was lost on me. I liked some parts of it, but others I didn't understand or found it uninteresting. I also thought the actual powwow itself was slightly anti climatic, but the ending was tragically perfect in my opinion.

Overall it was an amazing book with beautifully written stories about the Native American community in Oakland. I would read more from the author in the future for sure! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, and Grief

Minor: Genocide and Trafficking