Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

19 reviews

zoebaillie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Torture and War

Mention of child prostitution, imprisonment

jemworster's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

thebearnest's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

tigerlark's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

Phenomenal book! I found Reverend and Mrs. Price to be much like my own parents, and reading this was very healing in a lot of ways. Great discussions of racism, colonialism, and healing from trauma, among other important topics. Kingsolver's prose is beautiful, as usual!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

knenigans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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: Child death, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Genocide and Death of parent

meggs1005's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Colonisation

sjanke2's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

biblizo's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder