Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

6 reviews

mamareadstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I started reading a physical copy, and couldn't was quite get into the writing style, but I think it was more because I couldn't hear the pronunciation as written. Once I switched to the audio and could hear the pronunciation/dialect as it was written it was hard not to fall in love with the characters, to feel where they are in life, the lack of choices they felt they had, how tourism can often have negative effects on the local people, and how individual choices have impacted not only their own lives, but rheir loved ones and their community as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Violence

sohva's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I am conflicted of this book. On one hand it is well-written, the characters are interesting and the description of the environment is immersive. On the other hand there is no sense of direction for the majority of the book. The characters just get worse and worse and get into shittier and shittier situation, but it is unclear until close to the end whether this solves any purpose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Racism, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Moderate: Dementia, Abandonment, and Classism

asphodel04's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Outing, Sexual content, Animal death, Classism, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Sexual content, Abandonment, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Excrement, Gaslighting, Genocide, Incest, Murder, Death of parent, and Hate crime

solaria's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Bullying

bodagirl's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

This was not an easy read. The first two thirds of the book set up the family and community relationships and drag a bit, while the last third races to the conclusion. The themes surrounding sexual exploitation and sexual violence cannot be avoided and show how multigenerational trauma can become embedded within a family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship