Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

71 reviews

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The premise of the was good and it was well written there was just something about it that just dragged a little slow for me

‘Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Cancer, and Death

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

slow-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

3.0

This was an interesting idea for a story but I didn't connect with it.  The pacing was erratic and the MC could be indecisive and often just let things happen.  It was a unique snap shot of a family and introduced me to some interesting religious lore.  It's contrast and in some cases correlation with Christianity provided a rich backdrop for the story to unfold.  Not a bad story for sure, just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Lesbophobia

anna220310's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Car accident

beetheghost's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

wonderful exploration of trauma, compassion and identity. a review on the back of the book by karen lord says “black water sister is both ode and accusation to all the ties that bind- to family, duty, and home”. this is a perfect summary of the theme of this book. loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

rosemarygrace1211's review

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, and Sexual violence

bearbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

It isn't often a pick up a contemporary fantasy, and it's even less often I find one so truly enjoyable. Cho's prose has a natural unassuming quality that delivered like a blow to the gut- what a delicately executed tale of generational trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

traa's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Cursing, Outing, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Stalking, Gun violence, and Racism

aprilincognito's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

piphux's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death and Homophobia

Minor: Racism, Cancer, and Outing

aseel_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

I really liked the premise, the writing style, and a bit of the side eye comments related to white people or sexism, but I think the plot kind of lost its flow in the middle and it just ended up being a meh ending 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual assault