Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta

3 reviews

emalderwood's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Infidelity, Body shaming, Animal death, and Alcohol

linesiunderline's review

emotional reflective slow-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

This immersive collection of linked short stories is a book to pick up when you want to have that feeling of truly being inside of a character’s head and life for a while. Kara feels completely three dimensional as does her community.

I could easily see this being a fantastic offering for YA or new adult readers as well. 

Reid-Benta is a talented writer to watch. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual content

sarah984's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This was a bit of a strange read for me structure-wise. The book is marketed as a short story collection, but none of the chapters feel like complete short stories, and they're all narrated by the same character (and all in first person except one for some reason). 

The characters were interesting and believable, but it didn't feel like very much happened.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, and Sexual content