Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

4 reviews

gkm00's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

maddiet425's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Deportation

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

ruffian23's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Deportation

nimeneth's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I'm the minority here but nothing really... Happens. There's a lot of misery, but it's all told, not shown. The writing style is very much "this happened then this happened then this happened" and while there is dialogue and some small bits of introspection, everything felt a bit flat. The "twists" were all fairly predictable. I also had a bit of a problem with each of the endings for the women. Hazel and Ruby's endings were too neat and tidy, Evangeline's was too drawn out, and Mathinna didn't really get one. I'm left feeling unsatisfied with all of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation