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bclozano's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Alcohol
sea_tea_books's review
4.0
"And she would appreciate that everyone has a story to tell. But can you choose your story?"
"I listen to the quiet voices... If I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are... Instead, I listen very carefully for the quiet voices, which is most people... Those people, the quiet people, seem to have more important things to say."
A housecleaner who doubles as a companion to her employers. She collects people's stories, more of a listener than a storyteller. When it comes time to tell her story, things do get dark, but be assured there is a satisfying resolution in the end.
4 ⭐
Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Animal death
kfquarium's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Alcohol, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Child abuse
Minor: Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Cancer, Classism, Infidelity, and Gun violence
itsbumley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness
laurataylor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Ableism, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
conspystery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Overall, The Keeper of Stories is a quaint, slow book that captures the meaning we can find in everyday life with aching emotion and lighthearted humor at once. Even if the pacing is difficult to connect with and the plot feels disjointed at times, the characters are interesting and more and more endearing as the novel goes on. This would be a good book for someone who finds themself defined by the normalcy of their life and the expectations others have for them; it would also be a good book to read over a long period of time, as it is languid in its pacing and warmly lavish in its detail. While I did find it difficult to get through-- I am not this book’s target audience, and I read it quite quickly, which I don’t think is the intended experience-- I enjoyed this book’s earnesty and appreciation for the variety of humanity, the vast array of stories people hold, and the identities we construct around them. How they connect us together, if only we tell them for others to hear.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Suicide
Minor: Miscarriage and Gun violence
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