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The Mothers by Brit Bennett

28 reviews

kb_sherman's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, and Death of parent

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

michtrnr's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Medical content, and Racial slurs

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

zoebill96's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Abortion, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Racism, Infertility, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Grief, and Gun violence

rbacon's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

At points, I related to different characters. Elements of themselves I see in who I am. The Mothers are like an ever-present force and are so articulately displayed exactly like the church Mothers (and Grandmothers) I have known. I both hope one day to be one, know myself to already be one, and hope never to be like them. It's an odd sense of familiarity and love, whilst with that honest disdain at how churches can be self-destructive and fail to protect those they love the most.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

mthansen's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Suicide, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Infidelity

pennym_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

megloveswords12's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Infidelity, and Infertility

Minor: Sexual content

whatannikareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i finished this book as i got to my destination on the subway and it felt like the universe was present w me. thank you brit bennett for reminding me what it feels like to be completely sucked into a book. but also i wanna fight you bc how could write a debut (!!!) novel this damn good. i think one has got to be my favorite between this and the vanishing half. soooo many good sentences i had to reread bc they were so poignant and made you think.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide