Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

La Casa de los Espiritus by Isabel Allende

9 reviews

sarafandino_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

La historia más real y desgarradora, que retrata de una manera sublime el pasado y presente latinoamericano.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, War, Abortion, Sexual violence, Body horror, Death, Blood, Hate crime, Classism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

ars_poetica's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Tengo que hacer una reseña que le haga justicia, pero por lo pronto dejo por escrito que es una auténtica maravilla.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Hate crime

elliejane002's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Genocide, Pregnancy, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Abortion, Colonisation, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Police brutality, War, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual content

deniseh's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Confinement, Abortion, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Slavery, Genocide, Incest, Colonisation, Cursing, and Vomit

chiaraaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abortion, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Genocide, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Racism, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Animal death

funkyyicken's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Torture, War, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

marenvgl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Abortion, Rape, War, and Violence

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

floofymoose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Genocide, Confinement, War, Violence, Torture, Rape, and Police brutality