Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

44 reviews

ginaos's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, War, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kanderson246's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Antisemitism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Xenophobia, and Murder

hana_sciart's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Minor: Child abuse and Terminal illness

reikista's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

lucawartna's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This book didn’t work for me, because it combined two things that should not be combined: on the one hand this book was dealing with extremely heavy traumatic events (as a new mom I cried twice)…. But on the other hand it creates cozy, light found-family vibes with storylines that were interwoven in a forced way (which works in a cozy popcorn read… but not this!).
Isabel Allende is really good in creating fleshed-out, real human characters, and showing the good and the evil. That’s something she did well in this book too for some characters - but some people got more character development than others. And the bad guy was just there for the plot. 
I feel like a rewrite/a good editor could’ve gotten this to a 4-star read, so that’s a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Stalking

josiesprobablyreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Trafficking and Deportation

sunny_bumblebee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

robynlousia's review against another edition

emotional 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

alisiakae's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Abandonment, and War

zerlina's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Strong female characters, realistic personalities and events, very moving and inspiring. Informative.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Antisemitism, Trafficking, and War