Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

15 reviews

pettywhaler's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Grief, and Hate crime

audreyolejasz's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

2.0

The main character is kunda of a pervert...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Car accident, Drug use, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Blood, and Pedophilia

aidareads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

very well executed. this will stuck with me for a long time probably

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Rape, Alcohol, and Vomit

tiffanykw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Rape, Murder, Car accident, and Gun violence

Minor: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Grief

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Colonisation, Death, Dementia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

bangishimokwe's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Torture, Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual violence

poisonenvy's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

In Joe's thirteenth summer, his entire life is turned upside-down. His mother is brutally raped, the perpetrator is unknown, and and his family have to learn how to overcome it. This is a story about a crime -- a crime that is far too common, especially among Indigenous women -- but it's about a lot more than that too. It's a story about Joe learning how to become the sort of man that he eventually will grow into. It's a look into life on an Ojibwe reservation. It's about colonialism and spirituality, misogyny and growing up.  

This book in beautifully written and wonderfully told. The prose flows. There's an uncomfortable juxtaposition of the rape of Joe's mother, and Joe's own views on women, just beginning to form, but I found that it was handled quite well.  

This was a book club read, and I was glad for the opportunity to read it (especially to read it with my friends!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

sam_fielder_137's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I was mostly just bored. Since the main character is telling the story as an adult lawyer who's married, when we got to the climax, I knew everything would be okay. The stakes were low. The crime happened, they knew who did it. It was about justice, but didn't dive a lot into that aspect. I think the word "breast" was in the book more times than "justice" which is saying something. It was disturbing to read about a 13 year old boy's infatuation for his aunt, and the payoff for that was much too low.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Death, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Grief, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Eating disorder and Kidnapping

pulpandprose's review

dark tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Colonisation, Grief, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

voidflowers's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Car accident, Alcohol, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Gore, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship