Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Mothers, by Brit Bennett

7 reviews

iheartapolloxxi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Death, Abortion, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Infertility, Sexual violence, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

beccabookworm's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Suicide

Moderate: Infertility and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• 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

1.5

The characters were all awful people. The book kept building and building, weaving a beautiful, complicated tapestry of these peoples lives in a black community in California and the repercussions Nadia and Luke must deal with after Nadia gets pregnant at 17 years old and has an abortion. 

The author’s observations and commentary on race, culture, age, youth, I really enjoyed and for the first half of the book, I was highlighting a quote on almost every other page. There were several that made me take a step back and really thing about our world and how it treats the black community. 

But after the 50% mark, the main characters development is utterly wasted and they stay stagnant for the rest of the book. Neither of them grow, they only become more toxic and worse people. Everyone lies, no one is faithful, everyone is selfish. Loved it until the 50% mark and then hated the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, and Medical content

mishmash911's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Religious bigotry

reb_reads's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a really interesting exploration of grief and motherhood and what it means to be a mother. I had a little bit of an issue with how abortion was talked about but I understand that this was from a religious point of view.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

devreighreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Fatphobia, and Infertility

msbarnesela's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The plot is simple, but this story is about the complicated relationships between parents and children, including the children who are not wanted by parents, and the parents who can’t have the children they want, and the people who become surrogate parents to the parentless children, and the children who become parents to their own parents in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Cursing, Child abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Includes references to abortion, suicide, teenage alcohol and drug use, sexual abuse of a child, and difficulty conceiving. All of these are addressed sensitively, not graphic or sensationalized. Infidelity is a significant plot point, but the sexual experiences are not graphically depicted.