Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

6 reviews

themdash's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia

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