Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

75 reviews

throwback682's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 72%

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I had to stop reading this book when I got to the part where Dodo meets the Son of Man. :

It’s implied that he’s a pedophile.

I tried to find out online whether it goes any further than that /

if there’s a child rape scene / how graphic it is.

but I wasn’t able to find the information so I just had to stop. 

My impressions of the first 70% of the audiobook were 

- that the narrator is really talented and voices many different characters distinctly and well. 

- there are a ton of characters and it’s hard to keep everyone straight. There  was constantly a new person  entering and their backstory being told. The book was really trying to do a lot. It felt like how I tell stories when I don’t have my ADHD meds. 

- but many  of the characters were very compelling and I do want to know how it ends

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent

paulasnotsosecretdiary's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Antisemitism

melissa_bee's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Classism

ashleyjean6's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Both heartbreaking (lots of triggering content) and heartwarming. It's very much a story about people and expertly written. That said it was a difficult read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder

klutzykara's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Excrement, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury