Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

3 reviews

ernis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.75

This is an amazing, heartbreaking book. There was one character that I wished we learned more about but overall it was a beautiful, important story to read. 
We follow the story of several female convicts from the UK as well as as an indigenous child from Australia who eventually cross paths. Although the story is fictional, the history it is based on is eye opening and disturbing. This novel gives a new appreciation for female rights, in modern times, in first world countries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Excrement, Abortion, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

4.25

This is precisely what historical fiction should be.  It's an intimate story focusing on two young women and a girl against the backdrop of settling Australia by the British.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

baearles's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Abortion, and Alcohol