Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha

1 review

atsundarsingh's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

I'm still thinking about how to rate this book because it's so clearly important to me and to my academic and personal life. Ultimately I like that the island is unnamed so that it can stand in for several places. More proof that there are some things only fiction can do. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Deportation, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, Blood, Classism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, and Biphobia