Reviews tagging 'War'

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

44 reviews

annalu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Deportation, Cancer, Rape, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Racism, and War

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

This book does so much in 200 pages, and it almost shouldn’t work, but it does. In almost a vignette style, it explores mother-daughter relationships across time and borders. It is full of sorrow, resilience, power, loss, and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, War, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Deportation

kaddictwithapen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Misogyny, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, War, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Classism

jewlzruwe's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, and Sexual violence

taliaalongi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, and Addiction

saracatalyst's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Cancer, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

bookish_baker_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Violence, War, Death, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Racial slurs, Confinement, and Racism

taylorbutze's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Racism, Physical abuse, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

coderedkira's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

I think if I reread this book in the future it could be 5 stars. It was beautifully written and tackled important topics very well, but I wish we had spent more time with most of the characters. It was short, slow paced, and from multiple perspectives, which all together sometimes made for a hard read. But the thread that tied all the characters together was very compelling and made me want more. I'm glad I read it but gosh I wanted it to be longer and I think it would be more poignant as a reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: War, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Racism, and Cancer