Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

65 reviews

ellaxiao's review

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

nicoleisalwaysreading's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

in awe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia

ce_read's review against another edition

I wasn't connecting with the characters like I wanted to. Maybe if I was reading instead of listening to the book it would have hit different, but 1/3 of the way in and there has been almost no plot. So more of a slow, episodic, picture painting kind of story than a plot driven one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Outing, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Vomit, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Child death, Dysphoria, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion

liannaengland's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Homophobia

zee's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story about twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, Kambirinachi, and choices and their consequences after Kehinde experiences trauma caused by

Spoiler

rape

as a young girl.

The story is full of diversity and queer love, however the representation seemed a little ham-fisted, though that could have been from the way this editon was narrated. Overall, I struggled with how this book leans towards prescriptive "tell" rather than "show" tactics, and overall I found it often trying too hard. However, it was a refreshing piece of representation in literature. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

froon's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

stunning, beautiful, jaw dropping, amazing, devastating. i want to live in this writing for the rest of my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

kyra_pc's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

This was the most breathtaking writing ive read in awhile. The style is so sensual and delicious, quite literally, with all the emphasis on food. I love how food played a huge part in the novel, manifested in different forms of hunger / desire / loneliness. I adore Taiye’ character so so much. I only wish we got a bit more of Kehinde’s story and the mother’s, I felt there were some loose ends with them (I wanted to see more of her relationship with Farouq and her past). Actually so beautiful and gorgeous overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

siobhanward's review against another edition

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

4.0

 I grabbed this at random from a list on Libby and I'm so glad I did. The writing was absolutely beautiful - the descriptions were detailed and everything felt so real. I really enjoyed the characters and their journeys, although sometimes things felt a bit disjointed. I find that can happen with books that move through time, so I think it's more of a critique of the style than this specific book. Ekwuyasi has a gift for describing food and honestly all I wanted to do was eat - her descriptions made everything sound wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Death of parent, Death, and Suicide attempt

dhritigupta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

absolutely a new favourite book!! everything about this is just so   perfectly crafted. the descriptions of food and setting were lush, the stylistic choices about perspective were so smart, the writing tackled huge themes (motherhood! sisterhood! familial trauma! loneliness! friendship! grief!) in the most natural way.

the interconnectedness and tenderness of these stories is endlessly special and cathartic!! i need another book from francesca ekwuyasi asap

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Homophobia