Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Augustown by Kei Miller

4 reviews

bessadams's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Blood and Police brutality

chattie_the_mad_chatter's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book is a different genre to what I usually read. It felt like folklore, local history to a country and culture I know nothing about, so I appreciate being able to learn and be let in through reading this.
I enjoyed the story craft, through storytelling and weaving in and out of past and present and through different characters. There is a main plot point that holds them together, but if you enjoy a linear story or a strong connection to a protagonist this may not be for you. I felt that Augstown was our main protagonist and the different characters the layers of history and lives that make it who it is. All the individual human characters felt fully realised, but we moved fluidly through them getting segments of their lives. I am a reader that likes to fully immerse in a character, so I did not get that emotionsl connection I usually want with the characters. 
But that was not the story's purpose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Abortion, and Classism

Minor: Sexual harassment

kaneebli's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Excrement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Excrement

Minor: Gun violence and Infidelity

Be cautious if you are sensitive to eye-related violence