sarahjpoppy's review against another edition
The Good People is intense, powerful and moving. Once again, Kent carefully describes a time and place that is fraught with danger. Here blame, grief, ignorance and superstition all bind together and hover around the heads and hearts of a wretched community, living in cold, dank and joyless hovels and barely surviving. As I was pulled inexorably towards the inevitable, outcomes, I became increasingly world weary and uncomfortable. Hannah Kent’s writing is as lovely as ever, but is so very evocative that I became quite distressed and finally found myself unwilling to pick it up again. I hope to return to this brilliant but awful story when I’m feeling more robust.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry
plume_de_renarde's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Alcoholism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
hannahnott's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Grief and Ableism
beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Vomit
Spoiler
Death/murder due to harmful superstitious/folk beliefs, malicious gossip, one scene featuring public urination due to severe stress, one traumatic, graphic birth scene where the baby is stillbornalonadadonut's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Domestic abuse
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