Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy

4 reviews

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This is a fictionalized account of people affected by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Each chapter is the account of a different person from their point of view. I liked the ways the characters connected and saw one another, and the variety of experiences that are included. Unfortunately to me there were too many similar characters (though I loved Sonia and I liked Anne's perspective) and I wasn't a fan of the first person POV, especially for characters who died during the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Child death, Rape, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Ableism, Confinement, Violence, Genocide, Sexual content, and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

mdrechsler's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

What Storm, What Thunder is a lyrical exploration of the disastrous 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the people it impacted most.  Readers will hear from people who will emerge from the earthquake physically unscathed, from those who will lose their lives, and from those who will lose everything but: a queer sex worker, a wealthy expat businessman, an errand boy, a young female architect, an elderly market woman, and many more.  Chancy provides unflinching depictions of camp life—and death—in the aftermath and shines light on the misguided recovery effort and shameful media coverage.  This is a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Racial slurs, Classism, Death, Suicide, Medical trauma, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Trafficking

internationalreads's review

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence