Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

11 reviews

harymouck's review

dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Sophisticated prose, well-developed characters, darkly witty, highly original concept.  There's a long, slow section in the middle that almost made me give up, but I''m glad I persisted because the ending is just beautiful.  Will definitely read more from this author.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Suicide, and Drug use

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Gun violence, Grief, and Genocide

emoryscott's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gun violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Body horror

amphytrite's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Drug abuse

Moderate: Cursing and Suicide

Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit, Dementia, and Panic attacks/disorders

abhirupa's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is truly one of the most gorgeous books I've ever read. I love magical realism, and the way it was used in this book to explore the nuances and attitudes of the Indian-American community was so so clever. A lot of times when Indian authors write about desi people in America, it reeks of stereotypes and pandering, but this book turns the stereotype of the high-achieving child of Indian immigrants on its head. I also really liked how cathartic the ending was. This book is my Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide

elykeepthefaith's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Every single piece of this book was well thought out and masterfully executed. When you start the book it feels like you several different stories are being told and then Sathian discreetly weaves all these different plot points together to create this emotional and raw telling of the immigrant story. The story dissects so many facets of the American Dream and what that means to the South Asian community. One of the things that really sets this book apart is the use of magical realism. If you are going into this book expecting a full blown fantasy, the magic element will not satisfy. The “alchemy” aspect of the book is a thread in the larger plot of the book. I loved it from begin to end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying and Gun violence

jeanbpdx's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Engaging, thoughtful story about first-generation immigrant children seeking identity and connection in a coming of age story with magical elements. Some difficult topics, see content warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence

eli_is_trying's review

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Misogyny, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse

kinomatica's review

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Colonisation, Drug use, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Dementia, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

accidentally poisoning

internationalreads's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

courtsbooks's review

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Vomit