Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

54 reviews

juanat77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenmiller100's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

• Characters: 9
• Atmosphere/Setting: 10
• Writing Style: 8
• Plot: 7
• Intrigue: 7
• Logic/Relationships: 9
• Enjoyment: 8

This books is great. The book so wonderfully describes and details a small immigrant town and the interactions between the different groups, cultures, and ethnicities. This is a story where the location and environment are as much of a character as the characters. Some of the content is difficult, but the story is worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Infertility and Death of parent

dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

This book was something else. While I don’t really read a whole lot of historical fiction and that I thought the pacing at first was pretty slow, I was captivated by McBride’s storytelling of the residents in Chicken Hill. Capturing the various points of intersectionality in terms of race, social class, and disability (just to name a few), McBride’s stories of the African American and Jewish residents who live in Pottstown’s Chicken Hill is both heartbreaking yet hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, and Medical content

Minor: Infertility, Excrement, Death of parent, and Abandonment

chewy__stuff's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Excrement, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent

sloanefg's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

vatodd's review against another edition

Was too sad with little to no change in sight. For a black woman on the cover it didn't feel like a book for black readers. The black characters at least for now felt very 2 dimensional and mostly anchored to the Jewish storylines for torture and saving. Having to read from the perspective of 2 racist characters and the Jewish story be larger 3 to 1 was enough to feel like I as a black woman was not the intended audience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death of parent

sweetpotatosamm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Excrement

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

linde_euw's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Antisemitism

Minor: Racism, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

acashton's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

ferranda's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent