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vaniavela's review
challenging
dark
emotional
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? Yes
4.5
What price are you willing to pay to have what you long for?
Deep in Providence is a story about loss, family relationships and friendships. Each of the main characters is well written, with complex personalities and distinct voices, allowing us to know their thoughts and feelings. There is pain and love in each of them, deeply feeling their emotions.
The themes developed here [such as sexuality, religion, immigration, family relationships, drug use and unexpected pregnancy] are written in an engaging and compelling way.
This book is gripping and emotional, showing the impact of grief and what we are capable of for those we love. If you are looking for a book full of magic, multicultural representation, a diverse set of characters, grief, and powerful friendships, Deep in Providence is for you.
Rep: Black-Filipina sapphic MC, Latina MC, Black MC and Black, Latine and Filipine SCs.
CWs: Death, grief,anxiety, abortion, blood, sexual content, addiction, child neglect, abandonment, drug use/abuse, forced institutionalization, sexual assault, religious bigotry, medical content, sexism, misogyny, outing, car accident (off-page).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Sexual content, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Medical content, Sexism, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Car accident
booktribe's review
emotional
hopeful
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? Yes
5.0
Deep in Providence is beautiful, it’s emotional, it’s creepy, it has lovable characters making potentially bad decisions, lots of magic, a witchy aunty, spirits roaming around creepily, BIPOC cast, lgbtq rep, and did I mention lots of magic?
What else could you possibly want?
Why aren’t more people talking about this???
The writing is absolutely gorgeous. I will read literally anything Riss M. Neilson writes from now on. The characters were so well developed and I wanted the best for all of them. It was way more emotional than I expected it to be, but in a great way. And it was shockingly creepy at times, which was a wonderful surprise. I only had one very small complaint and that was that the passage of time wasn’t clear in the novel. The novel felt like it happened over several months, but I think it really only happened within a few weeks. But that didn’t dampen my enjoyment at all.
Please everyone go read this! Pls🥺
What else could you possibly want?
Why aren’t more people talking about this???
The writing is absolutely gorgeous. I will read literally anything Riss M. Neilson writes from now on. The characters were so well developed and I wanted the best for all of them. It was way more emotional than I expected it to be, but in a great way. And it was shockingly creepy at times, which was a wonderful surprise. I only had one very small complaint and that was that the passage of time wasn’t clear in the novel. The novel felt like it happened over several months, but I think it really only happened within a few weeks. But that didn’t dampen my enjoyment at all.
Please everyone go read this! Pls🥺
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Pedophilia and Drug abuse
Minor: Outing and Car accident
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