Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

129 reviews

courtsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, and Rape

Use of n-word.

adriannaclar's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book immensely. The historical aspects are very interesting and the writing pulls you in. I took away a star because parts of the book felt choppy and like they weren’t a finished thought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Racism

rvoogt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Rape and Medical content

shaney_swift's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual harassment

koreydobbert's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

marissa_roo's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• 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

4.75

Similar to where the crawdads sing... haunting and hard to reconcile to our understanding of humanity. Darkness and life, all comingle

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Death

larissakoch's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Racism, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Child death

knkoch's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I have mixed feelings on this one. I do think that stories about the impoverished, underserved communities in the Appalachian mountains aren't told enough. The miner's union and government outreach library program plots were interesting and informative. However, there was a high misery quotient here. And the depiction of the discrimination against the white main character (who has bluish skin due to an inherited medical condition) felt overdone, as if wanting to appropriate the experience of anti-black racism. It seems like a pack horse librarian's job was plenty interesting and challenging on its own without that added element. I guess it felt like the author was building on her considerable research into 1930s Kentucky and creating a plot with more wishful thinking and

highly specious romance

than I could buy into. I thought Demon Copperhead, set during the opiod crisis, was a more nuanced depiction of Appalachian communities and the entrenched issues they grapple with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Racism

annieree's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

recreated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.25

Really loved the characters! Enjoyed the historic aspect - both facts and assumptions. There are some heavy topics but I feel they are fair representations of the past. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Violence, Sexual violence, Abortion, Rape, and Medical content