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sarahjpoppy's review against another edition
The Good People is intense, powerful and moving. Once again, Kent carefully describes a time and place that is fraught with danger. Here blame, grief, ignorance and superstition all bind together and hover around the heads and hearts of a wretched community, living in cold, dank and joyless hovels and barely surviving. As I was pulled inexorably towards the inevitable, outcomes, I became increasingly world weary and uncomfortable. Hannah Kent’s writing is as lovely as ever, but is so very evocative that I became quite distressed and finally found myself unwilling to pick it up again. I hope to return to this brilliant but awful story when I’m feeling more robust.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry
woelkchen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Child death
beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Vomit
jmullins21's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book started extremely slow and was hard to get in to but it picked up towards the middle. It switched between 3 POVs and sometimes that got confusing. Also I had to look up some words and it would have been nice to have a little glossary in the back but I know that is asking a lot. I did enjoy the 2nd half of this book and would recommend it to a strong reader because I did struggle a bit. I would also recommend it to anybody that has an interest in folklore which I do. Also the end of the book kind of made me mad but oh well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
Minor: Death, Excrement, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse
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