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The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini

15 reviews

gobby_gilbert's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abortion, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Death, and Classism

marygray149's review

dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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: Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abortion, Alcoholism, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, and Incest

leahb88's review

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? Yes

5.0

Wow what an amazing book. Reading the Trinidadian Creole took a moment to get used to, but it added so much! Alethea’s story is heartbreaking but I loved reflecting on her past and watching her grow in the present throughout the book. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism

roxodee's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

More depressing than enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Abortion, Rape, and Child abuse

giraffeluver02's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Addiction

tunatanga's review

challenging dark hopeful sad 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

5.0

A very hard book to read, but 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Incest, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

booksnacks's review

challenging dark 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

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Infertility and Abortion

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gun violence

raidanuha's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Abortion

isabookabel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Found it really hard to review this book. It was very difficult to get through at the beginning particularly. Truly harrowing and deeply sad. But still think the story was well written and it was a really difficult topic to explore which Allen-Agostini did really powerfully. Her narration of the audiobook was brilliant and  added nuance, intonation and flow which I could have missed otherwise.

In some ways I feel like it should be rated higher, but at the same time it left me emotionally drained at times and I wouldn't recommend it to friends unless they read similar content or show a particular interest.

Edit: have moved this up to a 4 star, as the story and narrator really stuck with me, and might even reread at some point, so many emotions with this book hard to know how I feel about it, but feel like 4 stars is fairer and solid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Incest, Infertility, Racism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship