Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

8 reviews

aimless's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

rachelmerrie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

This was so incredibly powerful and necessary. I will absolutely be buying the physical copy to re-absorb and annotate it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug abuse, Rape, Death, Racism, Pedophilia, and Hate crime

Minor: Trafficking

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

myworldtoread's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

sjanke2's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

professorbadger's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

As long as you’re up for a book that spends a significant amount of time considering the nature of God (note: in a broad way that wrestles with difficult questions, not a specifically Christian way) and the meaning of faith, I recommend this novel wholeheartedly. It was full of adventure and equally full of heart. Of the dozens of novels I’ve read so far in 2021, this was probably my favorite. Read if you like: The Nickel Boys, Louise Erdrich, the Midwest, wrestling with life’s big questions, Depression novels, a touch of magical realism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

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

bookishandjoyceful's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping