Reviews tagging 'Death'

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

74 reviews

hellodebbies's review against another edition

3.5

I have a love-hate relationship with this book... Tho I loved the 6-7 chapter and the ending 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Colonisation, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

ebarnitt's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Death, and Gore

Minor: Incest

lcamp2780's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Vomit, Gore, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Incest, Abandonment, Excrement, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

rzh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

i really really loved the way this was written, the use of language is so smart and well thought out - the return to the same phrases again and again made it feel like an epic poem or a biblical text or something. really amazing. the only downside is the fact that it is SO long - feels a bit laboured at times 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Police brutality, Child death, and Death

amjone12's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Domestic abuse

suzanneelsa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

first reread in Dec 2023. 

I love this book with all that I’ve got. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Child abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Classism, Physical abuse, and Torture

_rowan_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, and Racism

lanid's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Pedophilia

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

johk's review

challenging dark 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

3.75

Despite its slowness, prose, confusing writing and spectacular imagery, I could not put it down for long. Every time I did, I had to come back to see where it was going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Death, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

anumani9551's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The novel was literally crazy. I really liked how she structured it and apparently Roy studied architecture. At the end, she says that her degree helped her literally structure the book which I thought was cool. I kinda hated the part where the twins literally had sex because that’s so bleh. I was so surprised by Ammu and Velutha’s romance. I gasped when he died even thought I was expecting it. It was so brutal. Sophie’s death was also crazy since it was so brief but so much just collapsed because of it. Also, her imagery is CRAZY! I could literally picture every single scene in my head so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Death