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joanna_banana's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Eating disorder, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Racism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Slavery
Minor: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Misogyny
lauren16297's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
basil_touche's review against another edition
- 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
Her relationship with her father was interesting and by the end it is left up to the reader to decide if he was the dictator many said he was
It is a book about identity, race, being mixed-race, fatherhood and the impact colonialism has on the countries it has effected. I did find the ending a bit rushed (
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Death of parent
Moderate: Eating disorder, Violence, Confinement, and Infidelity
Minor: Slavery, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
kitten's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, and Racial slurs
lay_kone's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Cancer, Confinement, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Violence, Confinement, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Animal death
karmapen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Abandonment
Moderate: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Dementia
maxinebrigue's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, War, Child abuse, and Racial slurs
lanid's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Minor: Cancer, Grief, Dementia, Infidelity, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Bullying, Colonisation, Body shaming, Confinement, and Racism
kshertz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, Death, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs
greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Racism, and Racial slurs