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The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

28 reviews

bel017's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

I loved the characters: such strong, amazing, but realistically drawn women.
The setting too, was so well rendered. What an awful time and place. I'm sure the beauty of the place was supposed to shine through, but the dirt and poverty and hardship, and knowing those kinds of things really happened there and still happen all over the world, and that we all benefit from the misery of others, was tough.

Several times I had to skip a page or two to avoid traumatising content

a woman being beaten, a dog being killed

But reading about the friendship and the women's determination was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

cstein's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Entertaining. Long enough to have an interesting variety of plot points and believable development of at least a few of the main characters. At the same time, leaned too heavily on Appalachian stereotypes. Part historical fiction, part multigenerational and legal drama, part romance novel, this book never seemed to make up its mind about its goals. Might have been better if Moyes chose one angle/character and stuck with it--it seemed like she drew from a few more sources of inspiration than she could fully address, given the confines of the book's length and her audience's interests. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

hodanayan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-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: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Addiction, and Confinement

betzee's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit and Sexual content

thelowreylibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism and Death

neridan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Incest

giulia_and_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

This book, while slow at times to the point that I had to push myself to keep going, had one of the most satisfying endings of a book that I’ve picked up recently.

I thought the story itself is such an interesting one to tell and I love that it was inspired by true events (the WPA’s Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky program). I thought the main characters and supporting characters all stood out as individuals and it was easy to remember each one throughout the development of the story.

Some of the descriptions of events were hard for me to follow because it felt like there were gaps here and there, but other times I could picture exactly what the book described.

Like I said earlier, a very satisfying ending to a wonderful story filled with friendship, love, hope, and inspiration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Incest

readerette's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It was a little long for my taste, and didn't really grab me fully until halfway through. It is also a thorough telling of life for packhorse librarians, women in America in the early 20th century, and rural Kentuckians. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Violence