Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

4 reviews

houseofatreides's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.0

The Kitchen God’s wife is a bittersweet story grounded in reality. The story is a reflection of Winnie’s early years as she reflects it back to her daughter. Woven in as a recollection of past memories, the story often goes into tangents about people or places, and how it ties back to the main story. Winnie’s story is one of great pain and heartbreak, but of finding hope. Set in the backdrop of the early 20th century in China with the various warring factions, then the invasion of China by Imperial Japan, and then the  communist take over,  shows the enduring spirit of hope through troubled waters.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, War, Sexual assault, Rape, Infidelity, Death, and Sexual violence

cc0906's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Car accident, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Rape, War, and Gore

shanndelier's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts