Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

7 reviews

ceruleanseas's review

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Colonisation, Death, Bullying, Death of parent, Cancer, Xenophobia, Classism, Racism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Rape

lisettemarie's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

_annika__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Addiction, Racism, Death, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, and Violence

stilestastic's review

emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Pregnancy, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

chelseylb1988's review

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death

librar_bee's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

An emotional narrative that spans multiple generations and perspectives, <i>The Seed Keeper</i> is a beautiful story that solemnly reminds us of the true caretakers of the North American continent and their legacy. Through Rosalie and Gaby, the two female protagonists, we learn how two Indigenous women devote their lives to fierce advocacy for a healthy relationship between humans and the land in very different ways.

This novel deals with complex emotions among the characters and develops them until they feel vivid. Wilson's writing paints a lovely picture and I found it nearly impossible to put this book down and break the images her words built in my head. Highly recommend for folks looking to read more Indigenous fiction and understand more about the role of humans in the natural order.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse