Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

240 reviews

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

 I went into this book with no idea what to expect and I came out really loving it. While I found it kind of circled around a point at times, the ending was really solid and I appreciated how well the epilogue tied everything together. After reading the book, I had to look up more about McBride, because his writing of his Jewish characters made it clear that if he wasn't Jewish himself, he was very very close to someone Jewish. (And he is both - while his mother was born and raised Jewish, she converted to Christianity when she married his father), so that made a lot of things fall into place.

This book was really solid. The characters felt so in-depth, even if at times we were only getting glimpses of them. The story was hard to read at times (and sometimes hard to follow), but the characters were so good at the overarching plot was strong. I really look forward to reading more from McBride, since everything he's written seems fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

celiabutterworth__'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

mega_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

charrrchar's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child death

anneliseew's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: War

b_olive's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

leanna_vera's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Antisemitism

Moderate: Rape

tessamd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved how the author really brought you into the world he created. However, I think there was a little too much going on and it got hard to keep track of. Beautifully written and a captivating story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

m_nappier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

kellyllin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism