Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Der Gesang der Flusskrebse by Delia Owens

912 reviews

hannahbean62's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

Lived up to the hype. I loved the slight crime element, while mainly focusing on Kyra growing up and surviving in the marsh. Some hard topics, but nothing that made it too distressing to read for me. I really loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape

Moderate: Racism

Rape:

attempted rape at one point, doesn’t actually happen but describes the attempt and the physical injuries caused by it. This is one scene in the second half of the book.

Abuse:

describes abuse by Kya’s father towards her, her siblings, and her mother. This is scattered throughout the book.

sasha_832's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism and Sexual assault

verity_r's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Death of parent

akliatese's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

singletarya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

3.75

I love how Owens weaved Kya’s character into the ecology of the marsh so lyrically and profoundly through comparing her to marsh creatures and illuminating patterns of her life with ecological processes. I loved reading most about Kya’s character development from her interactions with the marsh. I could tell this book was written by an ecologist/naturalist with a very artistic and wise voice. However, the mystery aspect of the plot fell flat to me. It wasn’t terribly compelling or well developed; I found a few confusing plot holes. The red hat being the main one; Chase had given her the hat shortly before the murders, so at trial, wouldn’t he have known that the fibers had to have come from Kya recently and she could have been responsible for his death? If so, why was he surprised to find out after Kya’s death that she had in fact killed Chase? This plot hole weighs down my rating of the book. I understand that Kya needed to murder Chase in order to protect herself and bring the story arc of abuse (and the parallels of female marsh fauna doing what needs to be done to survive) full circle. I just wish I had been done better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Racism

ertrunnell's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Some misgivings about the inaccuracies in dialect and geography and the requirements of suspending belief for a lot of the happenings, but easy to read and kept me interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

book_hang_o_ver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book will break your heart and mend it again. I’m honestly not sure why I put off reading this book for so long! I really enjoyed the faster pace, the characters and their development, the tension, and I truly wish I could visit this exact Marsh with Kya as my guide. The author’s expertise as a wildlife scientist also shines through the passages on the marsh beautifully.

Kya is such a resilient, thoughtful, and brilliant character… of course the descriptions about how beautiful she is vs the swamp trash were at times distracting but necessary to building further tension between the men, the town, and her. 

I didn’t know this was a murder mystery coming in to the book (I know, I know- how?! But I avoided all the hype and didn’t watch the movie adaptation 😅), and I genuinely enjoyed this plot line as a means to move the story forward. 

Personally- I loved the ending. It felt VERY appropriate looking back at some of the foreshadowing and earlier reflections from Kya. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infertility

hlledfor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Rape, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

tradepaperback's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs

haleysversion's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism