Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

4 reviews

gena10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

If “it was a different time” was a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Genocide, Cursing, Hate crime, Confinement, Colonisation, Infidelity, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Addiction, Pedophilia, Ableism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Classism

bookishmaryrose's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Masterful storytelling. Beautiful concepts. My biggest critique is the harmful trope that people are “better off dead” than disabled. Really? That’s so harmful and so avoidable in an otherwise gripping, thoughtful, artful story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Racism, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Colonisation, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Xenophobia

cmbohn's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

Minor: Pedophilia and Infidelity

apworden's review

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Murder, Pedophilia, and Police brutality