Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

9 reviews

helixlhart's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.75

A gorgeously written look at the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, woven together with the history and culture of the Takoda tribe. Anna's journey and search for inner strength throughout the book will resonate with those who have never felt like they quite fit in, and how to find the beauty in that space. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Animal death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder, Colonisation, and Trafficking

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Hate crime, Cursing, Bullying, Classism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Racism

Minor: Colonisation and Genocide

haley_mil_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-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: Sexism, Violence, Racism, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, and Classism

pathologicalreader's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Death, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, Racism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Slavery, Transphobia, Excrement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Car accident

imstephtacular's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

mzynda's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual violence, Death, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, Addiction, Bullying, and Trafficking

alexisgarcia's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Racism, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

a_crow_in_the_sky's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

This book was absolutely wonderful with its commentary on a lot of issues. The only thing I felt It lacked was closure. We never get to see if justice is given to the victims and perpetrators which is historically a huge issue in native American crime and violence, but the story that was actually put on the page was absolutely fantastic, thrilling, and complex.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Sexual content

guatastic's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A very strong and effective call to action wrapped up in a thrilling novel that wrecks your heart. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, and Grief