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The Yield by Tara June Winch

3 reviews

colormecaro's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.75

At first (and the only reason this isn’t 5 stars), it took me a bit to get in a reading flow because of the changing viewpoints the book is told from (a dictionary, an old letter and the main character) but at some point I just started devouring this book. 

As someone who is interested in language and the effects it has on how people think and see the world, I loved this book. As a speaker of different languages (although the languages I speak are nowhere near as complex and full of meaning as many an indigenous language), I appreciated the way in which this book  illustrates how words can’t simply be translated. They hold a whole other dimension which is shown in the dictionary  chapters of the book. By losing indigenous languages we lose all the knowledge they hold. 

Apart from the language aspects, learning more about a culture that has seen the cruelest hardships feels very important. When I was 4 years old, I became fascinated with Australia (mostly its animal world) and as a 6 year old read the stories of the Dreaming (aboriginal origin stories). I was probably too young to reckon with the dark past of Australia, but this feels like a full circle moment. It all ties into my current interests and feelings about the world. I am on a mission to read more indigenous literature from around the world and this was a prime example of my why.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

arayo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Xenophobia and Police brutality

skudiklier's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book was very very good. It took me a while to get into it at first, but that was more to do with how I was reading it than the book itself. I love how this story is told, and feel like it's really valuable for anyone to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Suicide, Vomit, and War