Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Woman of Light: A Novel by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

18 reviews

ajdenson's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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? No

5.0

Like a sip of warm cinnamon tea while looking out at a mountainside blurry from distance 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

imds's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

pages_with_panda's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

 “We cannot know the depths of another’s sacrifice,”

This could be your loss. But it’s not. It’s mine, and you might think you’re lucky, but for every lucky person, unluckiness arrives. Our existence shouldn’t depend on luck. It should depend on justice, what is good, what is right.

A slow-paced, character driven story of five generations of a a Mexican/Indigenous family in Denver Colorado.

I really liked the back and forth between generations! It took a second for it to make sense and it was non-linear but I liked being able to connect the stories and characters.

I wanted to cry near the end for what happened to the family. Every generation had their own world-shattering problem and it was so personal.

I felt the ending was a bit abrupt though and I would’ve liked more details, but the last sentence was beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Abortion

leio_vaasi_read's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Abandonment, and Classism

krystalg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

emmareeser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

3.5 Stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, and Police brutality

kattyenn's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion and Murder

catwhisperer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

cassielaj's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I wanted to like this so much more than I did. The writing is gorgeous, and the stories and characters are engaging, but the way they all come together left something to be desired for me. There were elements that dragged on or felt out of place, and there were elements I really wanted more of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury