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rebekah_florence's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Moderate: Infidelity and War
Minor: Religious bigotry
someonelikeblue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Hate crime, Police brutality, and Car accident
jesshindes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
That connection and that memory is I think particularly important in the context of a novel that necessarily deals with a huge amount of brutality and suffering. Obviously the history of the slave trade and its historical ramifications is a horrible, bleak history of colonial violence and Gyasi doesn't shy away from that (nor should she) but she finds a counterbalance in the way that her characters hang onto their humanity - their family, their community - in the face of everything that is done to them. It's an incredibly tricky balancing act to pull off, I think - to depict the pain clearly and honestly without making a book that's so unrelenting it becomes unbearable - which is one of the very many reasons that I cannot BELIEVE this was a debut novel. What a thing to have written.
Graphic: Child death, Rape, Slavery, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and War
hanz'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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Excrement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: War
rmperash'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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
alayamorning'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Animal death
sofipitch'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
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Colonisation, and War
lanid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
priyanka13's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
miaj_99's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and War