Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

5 reviews

lucystolethesky's review

dark emotional hopeful 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: Grief, Death of parent, Sexism, Death, Child abuse, War, Misogyny, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Child death

Minor: Blood, Infertility, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

julierambaeck's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I LOVE WOMEN!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Death, Sexism, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pregnancy, and Child death

alexisgarcia's review

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

i really loved this. the characters were so well rounded and i loved the development they had. the plot was so interesting and i really enjoyed reading it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Blood, Child death, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infertility, and Death

torturedreadersdept's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Abandonment, Body horror, Colonisation, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, and War

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

bookishplantmom's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the writing style and found the plot engaging. I don’t know the original story this is based on and so can’t speak the the quality of the retelling. What I can say is that I found this a interesting way to bring up women's rights within traditional and religious practices. It seemed like the author was reflecting on the ways that “tradition” is sometimes used as a foil behind which to hide and justify misogynistic behaviour. I see this book as a question too asking the reader to think about where in various cultures is it time to move forward and how can traditions be held on to while also respecting the full humanity of all of its members.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage and Child death