Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

20 reviews

notallbooks_mp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Colonisation, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, and Infidelity

rachele's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Incest

Moderate: Miscarriage

jorstern's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Incest, and Miscarriage

drawmeabookreview's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Incest

internationalreads's review

The incestuous sexual abuse of a child was romanticized as a “relationship.” Nope nope nope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

svrye_docx's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Colonisation and Miscarriage

raethereviewer's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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

3.0

Trigger warning for incest (a lot of it)

I read this for my Creative Writing course since I’m studying Tiphanie Yanique’s writing for my thesis project. I wish I'd known about the incest beforehand. It does play an important role in the novel but it was jarring to read in the first fifty pages. And there are multiple instances of incest throughout the novel.

Aside from the incest, the story is very layered and I enjoyed the imagery. Yanique's writing style is very lyrical, which is something I personally enjoy. There's also a lot of lore and mysticism in the novel.

I loved learning about the history of the Virgin Islands. It's interesting to see how these islands have such a rich history, but they're just seen as "tourist destinations" from those that don't live there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Adult/minor relationship

kylieqrada's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5⭐s. WHY IS THERE SO MUCH INCEST IN THIS BOOK?!?! I liked everything else about it: the story, the Caribbean setting/history/characters, the folklore, the language, the way it was told, the non-incestuous romances, and even the romances that were incestuous would have been good EXCEPT INCEST. Can you tell I just really wish there hadn't been so much incest? Huge, huge disappointment for me. I would pick up other work by Tiphanie Yanique in the future though. (Just please God no more incest). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

eyelit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

bitter's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest