Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

3 reviews

shull3464's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Suicide, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death, Grief, and Racial slurs

regalreads's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The writing is beautiful and the story moves at a very nice pace, all of the characters are well written. But it is clear that although race being a central theme of the book, it is written by a white author to leave a white audience feeling good rather than focusing on the harsh realities of the south in the 60s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse