Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

87 reviews

nekoshka's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Racism, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

and_the_ocean_burned's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Hate crime, Child abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

courtneym93's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Death of parent

mapleleaf_rag's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

I don’t know why I put reading this off for so long. It was SO good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, and Racism

shull3464's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Suicide, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death, Grief, and Racial slurs

a_alves00's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Suicide, Death of parent, and Racism

phantomgecko's review

emotional 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

I couldn't help comparing this to The Help even though the setting is about all they share (plus a skinny white girl). I like this one better.

Though it's a pretty significant part of the story, I didn't love the Mary worship. Black Madonna? Awesome, great great honey label. But literally worshipping an idol does not appeal to me. Some of the sentiments were fine. Finding the mother within yourself and such.

I enjoy books that come with discussion questions in the back because I'm not in a book group and like thinking at least a little critically about novels. The first question in this one was about T Ray, whether it was surprising to find out he used to be different. And it led me to an appreciation of how the novel played out.

It was good that Deborah didn't turn out to be as perfect as Lily idealized. It was good that Lily had to legitimately find it within her soul to forgive her mother. It was good that she acknowledged it was a perpetual process.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Child abuse, Grief, Racism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

Teenage me would've loved this.

I think the movie warped my  little baby brain, so then I ended up liking stuff like The Help and Hairspray, which I absolutely was obsessed with. But the focus on women, bees, connections to mothers and ancestry and selfs... Like ancestry lives within you and also you are your own mother... That white lady kinda popped off writing this. She kinda had a point to make. She kinda dotted her i's and crossed her t's. She kinda had her cake and ate it too. She kinda gobbled ate right the fuck up left no crumbs. She kinda did her thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Racism, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Child abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Torture, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Child death

Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, and War

uss_mary_shelley's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I've owned this book since 2014 and only just read it. It was a warm story with a lot of heart. I liked how bees were used throughout to tell us more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Police brutality and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit