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zombiezami's review against another edition
- 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
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
gracecooper's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide attempt
teo_rodas's review against another edition
- 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
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
stayathomereader's review against another edition
- 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
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/experimentationruthcg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Suicide attempt
leah_alexandra's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child death and Forced institutionalization
amressing's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Forced institutionalization
kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
allisoncc's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Misogyny and Sexual content
hollyd19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The story is slow-moving, reflective, and tenderly poignant. Gifty spends much of her time attempting to find a bearable balance of her faith and her profession. She struggles with the questions that plague her — first as a girl in youth group, implacable by platitudes but desperately eager to be good, then as a scientist, guarded yet drawn to the beautiful, comforting mystery of belief.
Part of what makes this book so good is that it is simultaneously simple and extraordinarily perceptive. There is no major driving plot. You know most of what will happen before it does. And yet, ultimately, Gyasi found a way to engrossingly bring us along on the introspective journey of an earnest, thoughtful, brilliant woman sorting through her pain and grasping at hope.
Graphic: Drug abuse and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Medical content