Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

18 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

cookieclutter's review

hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read this book for a class. I'm not sure if I would have considered it otherwise but reading it in a book club-like environment helped me engage with not only the story but much of the subtext as well. While I was aware of the history, continuing the conversation about Indigenous history is crucial in any environment. It was also helpful for me to learn more vocab as there are many Dahkota words used in the book. However, I do wish there was an appendix with the meanings listed. Trying to find what each word meant was difficult as I didn't know anyone who knew the language and the sources I found online were often questionable.

The story is formatted as several stories from the past and present. There isn't a main plotline, more so a series of events that the characters go through during their lives. You see how the effects of colonialism continue to impact the main characters no matter what year they're in. Overall, I enjoyed the reading experience and would recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Death of parent

_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

ksmith_23's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Colonisation, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Bullying, Genocide, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

taibreakfast's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Rape, Racism, Mental illness, Grief, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, War, Addiction, Child death, and Colonisation

meganannelise's review

hopeful informative 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Rape

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

dfrancis's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Genocide

abloom's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide