Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

43 reviews

sydneylount's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Classism, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Rape and Slavery

taviarz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book. I think it made me feel every emotion possible while still adding complex issues and narratives 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Death, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Rape and Animal death

ekg's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Animal death, Murder, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse and Death

Minor: Slavery

sarasreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

The writing, especially in the beginning and the end, is stunning. The plot is quite slow in the middle. I would have much preferred reading about how she became friends with Phoebe, instead of hearing endless stories from the men on the porch, but that's just my personal preference. Glad I finally read this one! 

P.s. Why yes, I AM flying through books atm. One busy day has put me in bed for the weekend (yay fatigue), so what better to do than read all day long? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery

amiyaabrown's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book is honestly very good. it was hard to get into because of how intense it was with the racism, colorism, and constant misogyny. i loved seeing how every person in janie’s life impacted everything around her and i loved the character development. i liked how you could see that janie was not meant for her time period, she was more of a modern person the way she’d rebel against everyone around her, seen from literally the first chapter. it was an interesting read and i 100% would read it again to pick up details i missed from the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Slavery and Animal death

jamieruwen's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• 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? N/A

4.0

Quite a beautiful story but also immeasurably sad. Janie grows into such a strong character who controls her own destiny, loves deeply, and doesn't apologise for it. All I want for her is to be happy. I fully understand that the fact that the characters speak AAVE on the page (where "that" would be spelled as "dat", for example), and that it a core aspect of why the book was revolutionary. However... for me personally as a white non-native English speaker it made it really hard to follow at times. So if you are not intimately familiar with AAVE I suggest you find yourself an audiobook! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Animal death

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Domestic abuse

booksallthewaydown97's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Racism

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Medical content, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Racism, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Rape, and Blood

Natural disasters, Colorism, Eugenics

amsswim's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

As far as classics go, this has got to be one that has stuck with me more than most others. First read it in high school, really liked it then. Reading again, it was so much better than I remembered. Her writing is so vivid and truly pulls you through the story. An already short read for me went by faster because it is such a good story. Janey is a wonderful main character, and her journey to Tea Cake is incredible. I also love the author's commentary on feminism, intersectionality, and society at large. Devastatingly sweet book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Slavery, Sexism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Addiction, Death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Infidelity, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Antisemitism