Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

2 reviews

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Racism, Medical content, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content

literarylion's review

challenging emotional funny 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

4.25

Pros:

• Erdrich is just a beautiful writer, no matter what she writes. The composition is exquisite.
• The characters are well-developed and feel real
• An interesting take on the ghost trope

Cons:

• The plot was a bit scattered -- it seemed like it wasn't fully done coalescing, but there was probably pressure on her to publish while the pandemic was still happening/fresh in peoples' minds
• The first half and the second half seem like very different beasts. The pacing was a bit uneven.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Animal death and Cursing