Reviews tagging 'War'

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

16 reviews

avasbookmark's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and War

Minor: Ableism and Abortion

sarah_lynggaard's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

I thought it was great omg, did not even expect to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Death, and Child death

Moderate: War and Death of parent

sofipitch's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.75

This book was hard to get into at first. It begins with the daughter character who isn't close to her mom and she resents her and her chinese culture. And at first when the mom starts telling her story it seems overly negative too, that she's just going to tell you what a bad life she had. But really it's about hope, how despite everything that happened to her she kept going and took every opportunity and found some very kind people who helped her reclaim her life. I was very emotional about all the misunderstandings being mixed at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, War, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Excrement, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Dementia, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

jamesjoyc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Torture, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

enyajm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Child death, Death, Child abuse, War, and Emotional abuse

_kathill's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, War, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide