Reviews tagging 'War'

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

45 reviews

rbudd24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and War

annalu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Deportation

Moderate: Racism, Grief, and War

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense 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

This book does so much in 200 pages, and it almost shouldn’t work, but it does. In almost a vignette style, it explores mother-daughter relationships across time and borders. It is full of sorrow, resilience, power, loss, and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Deportation

kaddictwithapen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, and Classism

jewlzruwe's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and War

taliaalongi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, and War

saracatalyst's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and War

bookish_baker_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

taylorbutze's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Sexual assault