Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Penguin Readers Level 7: Homegoing (ELT Graded Reader) by Yaa Gyasi

99 reviews

priyanka13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, War, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, Colonisation, Addiction, Death, Drug use, and Excrement

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

fireinherveinzz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I lovvee multi generational stories this was one was very heavy and needed the space to think about and read through well not binge read like usual.
I wish the end hadn’t ended so abruptly would’ve loved to have seen both generations realize their connection to each other .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, War, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Colonisation, Death, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, and Abandonment

franzi_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Kidnapping, Racism, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

lucy12345's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Grief, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Drug use, War, and Sexual violence

Minor: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

alyssagongora's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I was expecting this book to be like a princess and the pauper story but it was so much better. I would almost relate this to being more like a short story book with a strong through line. I will say by the fourth chapter I put together the ending but it was still worth it and when it happened I was still so happy and excited. It’s a book where nothing really happens, but everything happens it’s just not connected to the same plot. About halfway through the book I read about the author’s background and I feel like it made me appreciate the ending even more so I recommend that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Vomit, Racism, and Torture

kclark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Moderate: Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Kidnapping

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

mirireads's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, War, Pregnancy, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

vaniafernandez_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Stalking, Murder, Addiction, Child death, Classism, Rape, Trafficking, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

theasbookworld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Rape, Slavery, War, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement