Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

9 reviews

machenn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Infidelity, Alcohol, Hate crime, and War

Minor: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

spinesinaline's review

challenging emotional mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Death, War, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

whitneyonline's review

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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

Easily one of my favorites of the year. I loved its simplicity, but yet it held so much weight. It wasn't fast paced but it never once dragged, and I found myself devouring every chapter with an intense greed. Lalami executes the multiple POVs flawlessly, keeping the chapters short and enticing all while creating extremely compelling characters. I was obsessed from start to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Hate crime, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, and Murder

narbine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

ACAB

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Racism, Death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Deportation, Grief, Infidelity, Blood, War, Police brutality, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

erinmcav's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Racial slurs, and Alcoholism

zeta's review

emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

orireading's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Islamophobia, and Racism

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, War, and Infidelity

Minor: Bullying

quirkychaos's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Read this for a book club and, although it's a heavy read I really enjoyed it. It's told my a number of characters, each their own unreliable narrator telling their own truths – the story was compelling and the characters drew me in.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, and Racial slurs