Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

9 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

I chose to listen to this book as it was on a "great on audio list."  I've heard better narrations, but the story was great.  I think I'd have liked it even better in print.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Racism, Dementia, Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Cancer, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Classism, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Violence

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol, Abortion, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

20sidedbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Racial slurs, Infertility, Pregnancy, Classism, Racism, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Addiction, Violence, Death, and Alcoholism

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is amazing. Very insightful and inspiring. You really connect to both sides of the coin: Ruthie as dutiful and reserved struggling to break free and Joe as angry and lost struggling to find peace. I think while the end was a tad short it did wrap everything up in a neat and sad way. Its also hella slow and doesn't pick up till the last 30%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Cursing, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Sexism

rsagarin's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Dementia, Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

mdavis26's review

5.0

I am not okay after reading this! 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

theonlysentree's review

emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcoholism, Racism, Infertility, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, and Miscarriage

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

i think the pacing in this is a bit off, but this is a really good book overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Racism, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Classism, Grief, Infertility, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing