Reviews tagging 'Death'

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

7 reviews

marioosa517's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Abandonment, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Cancer, Racism, Child death, Medical content, Death of parent, Cursing, Rape, Death, Grief, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Gun violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Ableism, Suicide, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Stalking, and Drug use

erenreads12's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

Tayari Jones has crafted a novel where every sentence feels intentional. Silver Sparrow packs a hell of a punch and, as a marker of its quality, makes me want to talk about it with everyone that I know. One thing I've had issue with in the past with this author is the abruptness of her endings, hence why I've knocked off a star - but I do feel as though the abruptness and lack of closure is as intentional as every other moment in the book. It might not be the ending I want to happen, but that's the point - we rarely get those in life anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Minor: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Death

lindsayerin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Death

Minor: Child death, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Infertility, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Death, and Alcohol

mirrie's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Death

beardedreading's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

From the first lines of Silver Sparrow, we are transfixed by the story Tayari Jones is about to weave. But what isn't apparent yet is how much light Jones shines on the beauty and intrigue of messy lives.

We are introduced to a family that is not your average one—by any stretch of the imagination. A wife and her daughter know nothing about their patriarch's second family, but the other wife and daughter do. The tension that builds with this type of plot is dripped all over the novel. Jones' prose is smart, concise, and filled with emotion that jumps off the page. An immediate favorite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death