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cyden's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Rape, Death, Gun violence, Child death, Colonisation, Violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Slavery
tlaynejones's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Colonisation, Child death, Racism, Sexism, and Gaslighting
emalderwood's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, and Classism
catcherinthepi's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.25
That being said...the book's pace was awfully slow. The chapters were excessively long, and the beguiling tone of the narrators slowed it down further. The chapters are told from different perspectives, which often is interesting, but in the case of this book the interesting aspects of hearing about different people's thoughts was washed out by the redundancy in narration in the early and middle parts of the book.
There's a rape scene towards the end of the book that was totally unnecessary (unless it was included to show how a culture like the one here may address certain issues, I guess...) and totally ruined the rest of the book for me. I think the commentary of it was to showcase how women are treated, but I think there was ample context from the rest of the book to give readers the idea.
All in all, probably a book more people should read, but it's slow as molasses and extremely depressing.
Graphic: Rape and Colonisation
Moderate: Violence, Grief, Murder, Child death, Racism, and Slavery
ka_cam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Police brutality, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Racism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Stalking
Additional content warnings for environmental racism and imperialism, death and illness due to environmental destruction, cultural loss and assimilation, government corruption and state sanctioned violence, etcmia_difelice's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Gun violence
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Gun violence, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Racism, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pedophilia, Homophobia, and Torture
lhaen's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racism
Minor: Rape
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Grief, Terminal illness, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Incest, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, War, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Ableism
Minor: Homophobia, Deportation, and Fatphobia
environmental destruction, saneismlsbonnie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Death, Pedophilia, and Misogyny
Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Murder
ukponge's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Racism, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, and Kidnapping