Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

114 reviews

onewoman_bookclub's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Abortion

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

lindsloveslit's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

QOTD: Have you read more than one book by an individual author this year?
AOTD: This is the second Brit Bennett book I've read this year (The Vanishing Half was the first) and wowowowowowowow. The emotional toll BOTH of her books have had on me won't be forgotten. 😅💔 In both, she's able to write about deep, important subjects that HURT to read, but she does it with so much care.

"The Mothers" showed how one secret can grow throughout a community, and the impact a mother has on a child. It touches on many different topics including love, loss, religion, pride, secrets, race, grief, and adultery. The content was heavy, but still very readable! The amount of quotes I wrote down dang near made my hand hurt. 🤣

The only reason it wasn't a five star read is because it's was hard for me to follow all the different narrator voices and the time line confused me. This is a ME problem though - as I have this issue with most books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Abortion

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Infertility

abbytwo's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Suicide

my_plant_library's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

egmamaril's review

challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infertility

brittandwaffles's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Abortion, Suicide, Infertility, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence

lxa's review

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Once I got into it I really enjoyed it and finished it quite quickly. The characters are complex and the setting of a close church community was really interesting. I loved the exploration of what it is to be a mother in different ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Abortion

kylieqrada's review

challenging 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

3.75

I'm waffling between 3.5 and 4 ⭐s on this one. Brit Bennett's writing is absolutely stunninggg, and this book hit really close to home in ways I was not expecting. An exploration of motherhood, friendship, and family and the ways that we navigate those relationships within our flawed worldviews, I am not worthy of this gorgeous piece of literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abortion, and Suicide

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

msennflinn's review

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide, and Rape