Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

124 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

I like this more than Yaa Gyasi's first book, Homegoing. I like the way that the plot and the characterization get uncovered a little bit at a time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

bentonnnn1's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

betsbooks'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: Child death and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse

haseki_sultana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

lucyduller's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I found this book to be so different than what I was expecting. It is so understated in a way that you only really see the whole picture by the end of the book. It tells stories we don't hear often, if not at all, and there is not necessarily a blatant lesson it is trying to teach you, which is really beautiful because not all books have to teach you lessons. Not every story ends with a beautiful arc and a happy ending, sometimes stories just need to be told because they are lived experiences you could never understand any other way. This book a look into the lives of a rather small circle of people, well one person, but Gyasi does so in such a thorough and intense way that it feels so intimate and personal, so detailed. And the time-changing and structure is really flawless. 

It truly is a beautifully tragic book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racial slurs and Abandonment

minareadsa19e1's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Drug abuse

teo_rodas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

peachani's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

Beautifully written, thoughtful prose. Ultimately, it was too triggering for me to read about a sibling (intentionally or not) causing immense hurt, depression and suicidal thoughts, so I couldn't fully engage with this book as much as I would have liked to. I look forward to more from Yaa Gyasi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death

stayathomereader's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infertility

Animal testing/experimentation

whatcassiedid's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, and Suicide attempt