Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

93 reviews

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Xenophobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

kennedybullen's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Sexual violence, Addiction, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Classism, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, and Excrement

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

lucinotlucy's review

challenging dark reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual content, Colonisation, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Police brutality, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, War, Addiction, Child abuse, and Infidelity

kaiden511's review against another edition

emotional informative 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: Slavery, Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Misogyny, and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Excrement, Sexual violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

alyssagongora's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I was expecting this book to be like a princess and the pauper story but it was so much better. I would almost relate this to being more like a short story book with a strong through line. I will say by the fourth chapter I put together the ending but it was still worth it and when it happened I was still so happy and excited. It’s a book where nothing really happens, but everything happens it’s just not connected to the same plot. About halfway through the book I read about the author’s background and I feel like it made me appreciate the ending even more so I recommend that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Vomit, Racism, and Torture

mirireads's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, War, Pregnancy, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

madradstarchild's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Misogyny, War, Violence, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Excrement, Blood, Sexual content, Hate crime, Child abuse, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Classism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, Xenophobia, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Suicide, Infertility, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, and Homophobia

brittany_jean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

Wow. What an incredible book. Each generation read like it’s own short story, yet it all flowed in such a logical way. A beautiful, haunting book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Grief, Violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Colonisation, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Child death