Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà

10 reviews

thomasdj's review against another edition

hopeful reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Murder and Gun violence

biobeetle's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Gun violence, War, and Pregnancy

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

merlinmaeder's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Gun violence

bluedilly's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Grief, Sexual content, War, and Dementia

Minor: Body horror, Classism, and Gun violence

misty_kb's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: War and Gun violence

abbie_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

I was super excited for this one as it’s been translated from the Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem, who translated one of favourite WIT books, Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols. My second offering from the Catalan language was poles apart in terms of content but just as brilliant! The language here is stunning, absolutely gorgeous imagery which Lethem has worked wonders with. The language and style can be quite playful at times and so I imagine it was difficult to wrangle with on a technical level, but she pulls it off.

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Funnily enough, it’s got something in common with We Are Light which I read and loved last month (which you could also read for WIT month!) - unique perspectives! In When I Sing, Mountains Dance we hear from rain clouds, mushrooms, a roe deer, a mountain, all things which draw your attention to the incredible landscape of the mountain village where this book is set.

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Interspersed with these unusual POV chapters are almost vignettes from every day life in Pyrenees. The book starts with a man being struck dead by lightening while picking mushrooms and spirals out from there. We see the knock-on effects of his death on his family, as well as their interactions with other village folk. It was fascinating to experience how tragedies affect a tiny village, where everyone knows everyone. Pretty much every chapter gives you a new perspective of someone in the village and they all felt so alive.

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I don’t think I’ll get over just how beautiful the writing was, a feat I always admire even more when that beauty is shining through in translation. Gorgeous, evocative, melancholy, definitely a recommendation from me 😍

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, and Death

savvylit's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

What an incredible book! When I Sing, Mountains Dance is exquisite. Elemental. Lush. Heartbreaking. Transcendent. Gorgeous. Irene Solà has created a vibrant fairytale world that is somehow both enormous in temporal scope and yet focused narrowly on one place.

Reading this book was like eating dessert next to a beautiful view. I absolutely ate it up and savored every word.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, and War

Moderate: Gun violence

amhud1030's review

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Dementia, Rape, and Sexual content

mckeelyshannon's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

One of my favorite lines from this book is “She stops being the center of her own life, she’s no longer the sap and the blood, because they’ve forced her to renounce everything she ever wanted.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Grief

amaezinggeorge's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence