Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

13 reviews

ginbat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

2.75

Very good writing but absolutely horrific. Reading the book summary you would never guess how dark it was. I feel like I have second hand trauma. The writer is talented in that she paints very vivid and emotional pictures with her words, but I did not like this book, was not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Colonisation, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Confinement, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Lots of rape

shawaazu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Death, Gun violence, and Cursing

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, War, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Abortion, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Infertility

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, War, Grief, Misogyny, Child death, Infidelity, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Abortion, Violence, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

bookdawg's review against another edition

3.0

This book is beautifully written, but 90% about a woman's brutal life married to a horrific abuser in wartime China, which I wasn't expecting. My favorite parts were the other 10% about female/mother-daughter relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion

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.

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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

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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

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Suicide

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

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