Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

There There by Tommy Orange

66 reviews

ajlct's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

kim_kv's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I am interested to see what he writes next, and I'll definitely be interested to read other stuff. He writes about an overlooked community, and presents important themes. However, there were so many people and I didn't feel invested in many or clear on their motivations. They felt like props in the overall message about the cycles of harm in the Native community to me. In all that there were some story lines and moments that were very compelling though and again this did seem like a very unique book to me so I'm still giving it a 3.5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse

selkiehusband's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Child abuse

paolina's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Well that ripped my heart in half. I listened on audiobook, and while the narrators' performances were great, I had a hard time keeping track of the characters without being able to flip back to remind myself of who they were. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, and Racism

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was a heavy and poignant read. There are twelve POV characters, all Native Americans living in Oakland, California, whose stories begin to overlap about halfway through. I felt some characters were developed more than others but I became quickly interested in most of their lives. They're all dealing with difficult situations, including alcoholism, grief and gun violence and I felt for them all. I found it impressive how Orange dealt with complicated, important themes like otherness, displacement and cultural history by capturing a wide range of experiences. I love reading multiple perspectives which interconnect and I was looking forward to seeing how all the storylines met but ultimately I wanted a bit more from the ending. However I've seen lots of glowing reviews so I think it was more a matter of my own expectations than the book itself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, and Grief

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

Beautiful story, beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Genocide