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Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie

26 reviews

caleighrosebud's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, and War

leianajade's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death

patricia0227's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

I was gripped from the beginning and couldn't put it down. I didn't particularly enjoy some of the plot points and characters' choices, but really an excellent novel with great world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

jaynovara's review

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief and Miscarriage

melisondra's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Car accident, Abandonment, Rape, and Racism

Minor: Self harm and Miscarriage

mikeebeth's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book is so overwhelmingly heartbreaking, but there are enough good and beautiful moments to make it bearable. Noriko is abandoned by her mother to live with her old-fashioned royal grandmother who mistreats her by keeping her confined, beating her when she disobeys and giving her painful skin treatments to lighten her dark skin that she inherited from her Black American father (who her mother was not married to). I really loved the character of Akira, Noriko's older half-brother, who does his best to protect Noriko from their grandmother. Akira is serious and gruff but truly loves his sister. Noriko faces so many challenges and struggles with seeing herself as worthy of love but does not become bitter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage, Self harm, and Vomit

jmarinaro's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Torture, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Body shaming

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racism, Racial slurs, and Car accident

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Trafficking, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, and Abortion

thespinystacks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A beautiful and tragic historical fiction. 
Fifty Words for Rain was rich with beautiful imagery, but tied within the beauty is a story full of tragedy. An innocent child born into a family stuck in the tradition of royalty, and blaming her for any shortcomings their family may have.

Nori suffers deeply at the hands of her Grandfather and Grandmother, and many other adults who all fail to protect her. 

The story spans over 20 years of history, and across two continents. You’ll grow with Nori, and feel for a young woman who has been forced to grow up too fast, but stayed the little innocent child all the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Car accident

mmalone's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Self harm, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion