Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

2 reviews

stevie's review

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Grief

oliverlang's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-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

This book was very easy to get lost in reading. A lot of tough topics were covered so there are several TWs I've tagged (Rape, Miscarriages, Conversion Therapy, Homophobia with Religion to name a few).

There are very detailed descriptions of animal slaughter with the intent to eat which I wish were less graphic and sometimes I felt some aspects of the magical-realism could have been done without.

Also seemed like there were niche words shoehorned in there that the author just really wanted to use but was unsure of how to use them in a sentence? 

Other than those few things, I did really enjoy this beautifully queer book and I'll miss reading it and seeing the relationships unfold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit