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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

15 reviews

helhas3letters's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Engrossing, perceptive, beautiful. I cried floods of tears at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Alcohol

humanskeleton's review against another edition

4.75

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Grief

And Colorism for Graphic content warnings

beeasinbumble's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Medical content, Dysphoria

elanilanella's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Dementia, Gaslighting, Classism

sperigo's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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God, this book was incredible. Brit Bennett is a fantastic writer. She writes gorgeous prose, and the most compelling, well developed characters. This books follows an ensemble cast of family members, each with lives radically different from each other, as they find themselves and then eventually grapple with whether or not they want to find one another. 

It’s been a long time since I’ve read a novel longer than 300 pages, yet I couldn’t put this one down.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, Abandonment

Moderate: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief

Minor: Addiction

this_is_lee's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious slow-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

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This was such A beautiful book. The story follows two intricate characters and the ways that their paths diverge, cross and meld. It is hard to read at times but it is incredibly worth it in the end. 
Very enlightening. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Classism

laurendenton's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Murder

Minor: Cursing, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol

erd's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Love how the story is organized into chunks diving deeper on specific characters and their pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol

None of content is over-the-top or overdone, all of it drives the story along.

rjstellar's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria

Minor: Racism, Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

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I don’t know why, but when I first heard of this book, I thought I wouldn’t be interested. In reality, it is practically made for me: a mid-century historical fiction where the narrative changes perspective. That’s right up my alley. I loved the way this was written and the way the plot unfolded. My one complaint is that it felt like Desiree didn’t get as much development compared to other characters. Still, I truly loved this, and I would highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Slavery, Excrement

Colorism, lynching