Reviews tagging 'Death'

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

22 reviews

starlitpage's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Sexism

netflixismyroommate's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book assumes, in a beautiful and affirming way, the same level of knowledge about and familiarity with Judaism that is often assumed of Christianity (in the US at least). The entire time I was reading the book I felt seen and like I was in community with people who share my history and experience. And months later I still feel this when thinking about When the Angels Left the Old Country. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

inkwellimps's review

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is SO GOOD. It really exceeded all my expectations. The dynamic between Little Ash and the Angel has wormed its way so far into my brain it's unreal. I'm also fond of Rose as a character too--she grounds the two in their adventure, but she is also unhinged. She has a drive and boldness that compliments the other two very well. It's the little things with the characters--the way the Angel is agender and stays that way, the way names are played with, the way each of them have animal features and how Little Ash's feet hurt him. I am fascinated by the place the Angel begins in and how it develops its own identity to become more present in the world and

grows closer to Little Ash as a result

. I love how the two always rely upon each other as the stakes are raised. I'm also very fond of this sort of take on an angel and a demon that are both not very powerful and relatively sheltered. The sense that these two are a part of a close community rings true throughout the entirety of the book, from the shtetl, to the ship, to New York City-- it never feels as though they've left their community behind even though they are on a journey-- staying grounded by the search for Essie and by the majority of the human cast being literal family. As the angel and the demon of the shtetl migrate and progress in their journey it never feels isolating, which is nice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Antisemitism

Minor: Police brutality and Injury/Injury detail

kmoz's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia and Pregnancy

eslsilver's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder

moondragon8's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deportation

nightstitch96's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-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

Graphic: Death and Antisemitism

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

shoohoob's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

This book is so wordy and introspective…. very Jewish if you ask me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

antimony's review

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

4.5

some books start out with every piece of the plot flung very far away but it all comes together and ties up nicely and some books start of very small and the plot just spirals outwards until it encompasses so much more than what it began with and the second one is what this book felt like to me. sometimes I felt like ohh my god there is so much going on. but otherwise it was really good!! i loved the characters a lot (especially rose and uriel....and speaking of uriel....ive never seen a book where a character uses it/its & that was quite nice). some parts were a bit slow but overall this was really really good!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism