Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

La maison aux pattes de poulet by GennaRose Nethercott

60 reviews

rosyapple's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

5.0

i cried so much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: War and Self harm

epritchett's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

This book was absolutely enchanting, while being in sad and hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Genocide

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Addiction

tcameron85's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

This is a lovely twist of Baba Yaga folklore.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Xenophobia, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

alana_margaret's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

On the surface level this a slow burn of a modern baba yaga story written in prose you can tell is from a poet. On a deeper level it's about intergenerational trauma, genetic memory and being Ashkenazi American. I loved that this book had Yiddish peppered throughout without any translations, that the voice of the house was distinctly the voice of Jewish folk tales in the style of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Shalom Aleichem. I found it familiar and comforting. At the same time, the inevitability of the final true version of the story of how the house was born left me sobbing. I felt the grief in this book in 

I will be honest and say that if the book description made you think you were going to read a lighthearted, quirky modern Baba Yaga story with a splash of magical realism, then this will probably disappoint you. It’s definitely quirky, full of magical realism and at times funny but it’s not at all light hearted.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Child death, and Genocide

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Blood, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Body horror, and Child death

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

I liked a lot about this book.  I found the writing beautiful, and I feel like the author has handled serious and difficult themes -- intergenerational trauma especially -- very well.  I liked the last quarter of the book best, and found that while some questions were left unanswered, the ending was absolutely a satisfying conclusion.  I am not the most versed in Jewish myth, but I appreciated how it was interwoven into the story from what I do know; the historically informed chapters of the story are at times difficult reading, but are very, very well done.  What really didn't work for me was one of the two main contemporary characters (several other reviewers have gotten at why); I found Isaac a very frustrating character, and did not like the way the Isaac/Benji storyline in particular was written like it took place in a much earlier time period (Great Depression, perhaps?) than it did.
<i>Content warnings:</i> Antisemitism, genocide, murder, grief, self harm, blood, suicidal thoughts, animal death, animal cruelty, fire/fire injury, xenophobia, death, child death, violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Gore

Minor: Alcohol

ava_marie_sunflower's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Very interesting store about family, healing, and memories. It sheds an amazing light on how generation old trauma and memory can effect the newest generation. Slow moving story but wonderful ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Antisemitism and Xenophobia

Minor: Child death

nbreezy17's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Child death, Antisemitism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

mossgoblins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This was hands-down the best story I’ve read in years. I might be a bit biased since my family history is not dissimilar to that of the Yaga’s, yet I believe anyone can appreciate the masterwork of GennaRose Nethercott in Thistlefoot. The plot is airtight, the characters complex and endearing, and the setting simply sparkling with life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Blood, Self harm, Violence, Hate crime, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Deportation

alisiakae's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Panic attacks/disorders