Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

141 reviews

erd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Love how the story is organized into chunks diving deeper on specific characters and their pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Death, Classism, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia

None of content is over-the-top or overdone, all of it drives the story along.

tigerlily800's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This is a beautifully written novel that I foresee becoming a modern classic. The author did an amazing job of making these characters and storylines feel real and matter to the reader. There were no black and white characters, they all had depth that was built upon. The writing itself was a little hard to follow every now and then, the story kept doubling back on itself in order to give context which made the story unfold well but as an audio listener was sometimes hard to keep up with. 

This book lands itself in one of my favorite reads of all time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Bullying, Death of parent, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Minor: Transphobia

elodiepoline404's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Racism

ok7a's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Murder, and Hate crime

quejk25's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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: Racism, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Dementia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Drug use, Sexual content, and Transphobia

lynneliu's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racial slurs, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Murder, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Grief

sib_reads's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Outing, Racism, Dementia, Grief, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Transphobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Classism, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexism, Animal death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

picoledenaranja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racism, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

tays_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Abandonment, Dementia, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Grief

soupstix's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

the first part of the book is a little slow—not because of pacing issues but because the author is introducing everything you need to know for the rest of the story—but once i got through it i couldn’t put this down. i’m realizing that i love these kinds of generational stories, especially ones that cover such important topics. motherhood, racism/colorism, intergenerational trauma, etc. i was very fond of both jude and kennedy, how their relationships with their mothers were shaped so intensely by the choices desiree and stella each made when they were so young. and reese!! what a lovely character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief