Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

6 reviews

careinthelibrary's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

 Powerful combination of poetry and drama. It walks the line between the two and draws you into a spare story of resistance and oppression. I went in unsure of what to expect and was swept up in the narrative, finishing this in just a sitting or two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Ableism, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

hannahlee's review

challenging dark inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

This was a brilliant, moving, sad piece of writing. Kaminsky creates an eerie, timeless scene for this narrative collection of poems, that provides a backdrop for an exploration of human cruelty, suffering, and resilience that could be set a hundred years ago, or today. Read if you are prepared to grapple with deep questions of personal responsibility in the face of horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence

random19379's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, War, and Grief

bubblegum_or_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Torture, Violence, and War

emakay's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Violence

shanban0303's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was shockingly brilliant. I read reviews and elsewhere and had been following the author for about, so I knew I’d enjoy it, but was not expecting it to be nearly as poignant and connected to the times as it is. I appreciated, more than anything else, the way the author connected the two main “stories” in the book: his time in the former Soviet Union and his time in the United States. And the way he did it... was masterful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Sexual content