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thepassivebookworm's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism
idtirnan0g's review
- 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
Graphic: Addiction and Grief
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Religious bigotry
stuffinmybrainhole's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction and Child death
Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts
spw14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Drug use and Racism
abioneil's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Death and Racism
Minor: Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
lupitabaeyongo's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.25
Graphic: Addiction and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Vomit
theblissfulreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racism
menomica's review against another edition
- 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? No
“There is no living thing on God’s Earth that doesn’t come to know pain sometime.”
This book broke my heart.
Yaa Gyasi is so amazing at describing trauma without coming off as gratuitous. She manages to capture the multiple aspects of pain and hurt, and even how at certain level you begin to normalize it.
I think this book is very beautiful, especially if you go in not viewing it with the expectation of a narrative structure. A lot of the storlines don’t tie up in neat bows, they simply end, come to their own natural conclusions. And to me, that feels very much like how things happen in real life.
Anyway, I think this book is so amazing. Definitely recommend.
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Abandonment
yaelm's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Suicide attempt
rebekahg876's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Racism, and Abandonment