Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Drobiazgi takie jak te by Claire Keegan

109 reviews

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Religious bigotry

bibliothecolle's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

tirrato's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Religious bigotry

mlaursen's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Based on historical accuracy. A bit of a slow start, but once you understand what is happening you want to read thru the end immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

Minor: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry

sjanke2's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

danidamico's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Small Things Like These es una novelita hermosa. Al igual que en su nouvelle anterior, Foster, la irlandesa Claire Keegan logra conmover desde la simpleza con una sensibilidad genuina que jamás se siente melodramática. Keegan escribe sobre gente común, sobre lo cotidiano y todas las cosas que conforman el día a día, las cosas pequeñas que van marcando nuestro paso por este mundo.

En esta obra, la primera que ha publicado en varios años, la autora narra la historia de Bill Furlong, un hombre en un pueblo irlandés que parece tenerlo todo, pero en vísperas de Navidad se encuentra con una situación frente a la cual no puede mantenerse indiferente, como parece hacerlo el resto de la gente. Es un relato navideño muy clásico y perfecto para leer en diciembre, con un mensaje que, si bien no es nada que no hayamos visto antes, Keegan logra transmitir de una manera muy sincera, sin que se sienta como un cliché.

Además, el libro está inspirado en y dedicado a las mujeres que a lo largo de las décadas estuvieron encerradas en conventos y lavanderías de la iglesia católica donde las obligaban a realizar trabajo forzado. También muchas veces estas mujeres eran separadas de sus bebés, que en el mejor de los casos eran arrancaros de los brazos de sus madres y entregados a otras familias. El año pasado conocí la existencia de estos lugares (el último cerró en 1996) gracias a la película The Magdalene Sisters, dirgida por Peter Mullan, la cual es super recomendable y podría ir bien como acompañante de esta novela.  

En fin, me encantó Small Things Like These, es mi texto favorito de Keegan hasta la fecha. Recomiendo que busquen un sitio cómodo, se pongan alguna música suave navideña de fondo (recomiendo la playlist "sad gurl christmas" de claire cardona en spotify) y disfruten de esta joyita.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Claire Keegan writes very tenderly and calmly about important and sometimes even horrific topics. Her main characters are everyday people and her stories about the decisions they make. Also how society looks like, how it can make people suffer. She writes with love for her country and her criticism doesn't do any harm to this love, I think actually her love is the reason for it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit