Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

100 reviews

hanz's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Excrement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: War

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal death

lanid's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

leni's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Excrement

cw—well. anything you would expect related to slavery, its aftermath, racial violence/inequality. it does get pretty graphic (e.g. bodies stacked onto each other in the dungeons, whippings...), the sexual assault refers to a scene in willie's chapter (in the jazz bar's bathroom)

emelieviklund's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

priyanka13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lsam305's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

SUCH A GOOD BOOK ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO READ REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHERE I COME FROM THROUGH BEAUTIFUL STORY TELLING 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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: Child abuse, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Excrement, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kennedybullen's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Trafficking, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Gore, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Murder

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail