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Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
5 reviews
laura_cat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Classism
killeenm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and War
hollyd19's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.75
The structure of this novel is creative with sections delineated by relational groupings (daughters, sisters, lovers, etc). The story goes back and forth from the 50s until nearly present day, converging to bring the whole story into focus. The writing is truly exceptional. Several passages bowled be over with poetic, insistent prose determined to scrub away grit from a window and reveal beyond wise, hard-earned truths.
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment
Minor: Pregnancy and Deportation
internationalreads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Moderate: Sexual content
eslsilver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism