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The Mothers by Brit Bennett

28 reviews

piligomez's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

milliebrierley's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

sierranorgan'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

4.5

The writing on this one was beautifully slow. But I felt like because of that some parts felt like they lagged a little bit. The story was beautifully woven together though and I enjoyed being in these characters lives! I can’t wait to read what Bennett does next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Suicide

mackenzie_sitstudio's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Loved this book. The characters are so real and raw. Brit Bennett weaves tales through time and relationships like no other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Infertility, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

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.

oliviasuzanne's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Infertility, Infidelity, Death, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual content

thebakerbookworm's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

This book, as the title suggest, is about mothers. There isn't a ton of time given to exploring the other relationships, which I didn't really realize was happening until the end. There are plenty of other relationship dynamics, but the complexities within them are barely touched on, almost glossed over even.

At the end, I found myself wanting more from those other relationships, but I appreciate what the author was doing in focusing only on the mothers, mainly because she does it so well. She's an excellent writer, and her words drew me in again and again as she explored how much motherhood affects these characters' lives. There are absent mothers, both by death and by physical location, there are overbearing mothers, there are nosy mothers, there is the desire to be a mother, there is the decision to be a mother or not. I liked that the book wasn't trying to make a statement about motherhood, one way or the other. It's up to the reader to draw your own conclusions.

I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as I loved The Vanishing Half, but I'll also be thinking about these characters and their choices for a while. I read this for my book club, and we had a great discussion about it.

I'm looking forward to whatever Brit Bennett writes next!

Read if you like: small towns, character-driven stories, Greek chorus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, and Sexual content

fionac326's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide