Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Memorial by Bryan Washington

10 reviews

nicoleisalwaysreading's review

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

3.5

took me a while to get into Bryan Washington's staccato, masculine style of writing. There is a crudeness to his writing that unfolds blindingly into tender moments. The pauses scattered in the rapid, bare-bones descriptions. This is a story about perspective, parents, and grief. And a lot about the differences in what people choose to communicate, choose not to communicate, and what people can't communicate even if they want to or try to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

elles_bells_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

I felt like the writing was clever and showed such a deep understanding of human emotion. However I did fint it hard to connect with the characters and I found it hard to understand them. This book was an excellent study in compassion, complex family relationships 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

hmbk's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Torture, Body shaming, Grief, and Violence

dgdrgn's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Cancer, Homophobia, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Violence

toofondofbooks_'s review

the lack of quotation marks, the monotonous nature of the chapters, the boring main characters....i just couldn't do it anymore lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Grief

lucinotlucy's review

emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Cancer, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Violence

areadingstan's review

emotional reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

I thought this was a very calming read, and it felt very realistic for a contemporary novel, not trying to be anything it wasn’t but a story of a couple figuring out their issues and dealing with other problems in their life. 

My favourite character was definitely Mitsuko, she was a very motherly mother, and well-written. 

I got through Benson’s passages very quickly because of the short chapters but I liked how Mike’s chapters were structured differently, it really made me feel as if I was hearing it from their separate perspectives and it allowed me to see things from both sides. 

I’ll definitely be reading more of Washington’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Violence

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence and Vomit

imrereads's review

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

5.0

Wow! Just wow. Review to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Infidelity

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders