Reviews tagging 'Death'

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

51 reviews

mir_frog73's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

This book was beautiful. I think everyone should read it because it truly gives perspective to so many different people’s experiences. I think my favourite character was Clara. She was always up to something and she was willing to reflect. There is a lot we can learn from her. The character I most connected to was Maisie. I have felt very similar things that she has and coped in similar ways. I find so much respect for her. It was a gorgeous novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Suicide, Sexual assault, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, Pregnancy, Addiction, Death, Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Self harm, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Genocide, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

sgbray's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

aplpaca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, Sexism, and Violence

yourstrulytay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death, Racism, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

velamik's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Torture

erburnside's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Body shaming, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

bookish_bry's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book was impressive. The story was amazingly told and all of the characters were so complex and human. It highlighted a piece of history that until very recently has often been swept under the rug. Some of the stories by these five narrators end in tragedy, some in healing, and some in both. I found myself wishing the best for all of them. Sometimes I got my wish and sometimes I didn't.

Good digs into the horrors of Indian schools and the long lasting repercussions they had on individuals and entire communities. She also gives you a bit of hope that while things can never be truly mended for the people who were impacted, they can still find some form of healing and reconnect to the things they lost.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

gray_birch's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The book as a whole is pretty good it helped me gain a farther understanding of what it was like to indigenous people after residential school but I do have to that, the book is kinda jumpy in the time line like this happened oh now its a year later kind of thing. The characters there was some character development mainly at the end and some were more developed than others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, and Child death

kimmyvickers's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Such an important story for all to read. However, the writing itself is very telling and less showing. We don’t get a deep development of characters as the text itself is rushed. The content is deeply reflective and essential for all humans to know and understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Colonisation, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Drug use

danielle_sips_tea's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit