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littlewishling's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, and Racism
Moderate: Rape, Child death, and Death
Minor: War
sofipitch's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
I would really recommend this book but do check the trigger warnings, if some topics are an issue for you.
(Just my soapbox but I think this book is very firmly magical realism, not fantasy, and honestly that a book can't be both in the fantasy and magical realism genres, they both have magic but the fundamentals contradict one another.)
Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Rape, Abortion, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Slavery, War, and Racial slurs
Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Blood, and Dementia
wellreadjill_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Death
xenvirtue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, War, Racism, and Rape
carolinesterr's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Slavery
mvrcellv's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse
foreverinastory's review against another edition
- 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
CWs: Abortion, alcohol consumption, alcoholism, blood, death/death of parent, domestic abuse, fire, infidelity, injury/injury detail, medical content, miscarriage/stillbirth, misogyny, murder, pregnancy, racial slurs, racism, rape, consensual sexual content, slavery, violence, war. Moderate: gore, torture, lynching.
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and War
Moderate: Gore and Torture
laurareads87's review
- 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
5.0
<i>Content warnings:</i> this novel is set during and just after slavery in the American South and, as such, depicts the horrors of slavery: murder, violence, lynching, rape, torture, death of children, miscarriage, racism, misogyny, forcible confinement, medical violence
Graphic: Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Child death, Animal death, Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Confinement, and Medical trauma
leah_alexandra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Incest, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery
thesneakybird's review
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, and Racial slurs