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The Yield by Tara June Winch

22 reviews

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

This book was a book I had to reread after reading it once. I listened to it and was getting information but did not at all understand how each chapter was interconnecting so I decided to reread it after looking at some people's reviews of it, and understood a lot more of the book as a whole and enjoyed it a lot more 

The three points of view as follows is: 
August centred POV in the third person 
Grandfathers dictionary 
And a letter is being written by a reverend of the ex-missionary 

When it throws you into the story of August going back to her family home in massacre Plains to go to her grandfather's funeral. She hasn't been home since she was sent to Britain and stayed. She wants to find her grandfather's dictionary that he was seen writing before his death. But with that, she also has the memory of her sister in her mind as her sister went missing when she was a child. 

The more we learned, the more I was intrigued and was enjoying the journey of this book. 

I feel like this book won't be for everyone, as the POVs prove. But I am so glad I decided to reread it and understand how it all fitted together properly in the end. 

I am glad I started with this book for 2024 after my rereads of the Monk and Robot series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Death, Murder, Grief, Child death, Racism, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Eating disorder

rainbowpizzastars's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Heartbreaking, but important telling of how just one trauma affects multiple generations, and then can be compounded by the inter-generational trauma of Australia’s violent colonization and brutality toward indigenous people of the land, and what it takes to even start healing.   

Ending felt rushed and a bit incongruent with the pace and nature of the storytelling in the rest of the book. 

Also if you don’t like books that skip between different narrators or POVs, you will probably struggle with this book.  

There were some confusing parts where the POV briefly shifted off the main characters via whom the story is told. 

Overall, I read this in one day - it was compelling.

Edit: I think the digital version has some typos?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

Minor: Eating disorder

cantfindmybookmark's review

challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Pedophilia and Murder

holly_133's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

bannedfrombookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad

4.0

This was really well conceived, a felt all three narratives were distinct and built the story perfectly (I do wish they had been more distinct in the audiobook production I listened to, different voice actors even). The audiobook is great for hearing and experiencing the language however. 

Something in the ending felt a little underworked to me, like I didn't feel all the seeds of its main players/events were  planted earlier on.

I was a little reminded of that observation about Raiders of the Lost Ark, that the actions of the main characters had no impact on the outcome of the movie. Because here ... the graveyard would have been discovered anyway ... I just didnt want to see this family be supporting characters or witnesses in their own story because a lot of the heavy lifting of stopping the mine happens off page and is driven by others. Also, you just hug it out with Aunt Nicki?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Eating disorder and Pedophilia

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Colonisation, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

babblingbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Murder, Violence, Grief, Racism, Colonisation, Child abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Child death, and Death

spinesinaline's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

The three narratives that the blurb alludes to are brilliantly used here: the MC August, who has returned home to her family for her grandfather’s funeral after leaving due to a tragic loss; her grandfather Poppy, creating his own dictionary to keep his native language alive and sharing stories through each of the definitions; and an immigrant pastor from the 1900s, whose perspective adds to our understanding of the treatment of Indigenous peoples in Australia throughout history and the land claims this family are currently fighting.

It’s a book about grief in more ways than one: more recent and past losses of family members, the horrific treatment of their ancestors and through that treatment, the loss of lives, culture, language, and land. Winch does not shy away from details so there are some very brutal descriptions in here, so do take note of the content warnings. I wasn’t surprised to learn this history but horrified all the same.

As someone who works in the archives and museum field, I also really appreciated seeing these institutions called out in terms of how they handle Indigenous objects and requests for repatriation to this day. Getting to experience the unfeeling policies from those whose objects are held, without consent in many cases, by museums and archives is a welcome perspective that more professionals should be exposed to in reconsidering these policies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Pedophilia

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Racism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Police brutality

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Racism, Death, Incest, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Violence