Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

20 reviews

nene2517's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Confinement, and Abortion

Minor: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

kayesomething's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Infidelity, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Cancer, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Homophobia

annreadsabook's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book...I am not okay.

I loved An American Marriage but I didn’t *enjoy* it. Do you ever get that feeling after finishing a book? Tayari Jones is such a talented writer, and it shines through in this novel; it is Black through and through, and while it has plenty of pain, it also has a generous heaping of Black love (I also don’t say this often but I wouldn’t mind seeing a film adaptation of this book).

This book stood out to me for how it underscores the ways in which the US prison industrial complex harms even the most intimate of relationships in the Black community. Throughout the novel, the question is asked, in various forms: “what are Black men and women in this country owed?”

An American Marriage is a challenging, provocative read that I thoroughly recommend. Not gonna lie—it’s also EXTREMELY messy. None of the characters are particularly likable, so I would recommend getting into the appropriate headspace before reading...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Abortion and Suicide

jojo_'s review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Rape

kpdf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

books_coffee_oxfordcommas's review

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Confinement, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

noshelf_control's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Grief

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence