Reviews tagging 'Death'

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

32 reviews

ajdenson's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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

Like a sip of warm cinnamon tea while looking out at a mountainside blurry from distance 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Animal death, Death, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Abandonment

rachelle_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book brought me to a place and time I did not know well, and the author did an amazing job of evoking the setting. Luz and all of her family grew on me, and I found myself wishing the best for all of them, despite all the challenging forces in their world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death

kcbatts's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

jordynkw's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Colonisation, Death, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

mdavis26's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Addiction, Alcohol, Abortion, Blood, Abandonment, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Death, and Vomit

ashp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

An exquisite story that is wrenching as it is tender. Luz is a phenomenal character, given her age as well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Racial slurs, and Murder

imds's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Abortion, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Violence

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

You can tell how much the writer cares for the land, in any timeline, by how much beauty and love is in the descriptions. It makes the mining throughout feel more heartbreaking and maybe not worth the risks it put people in. Most of my issues with the main character can be excused by her being 17. She's indecisive and unfocused, and doesn't seem to have a very strong presence. I liked seeing her through other characters' eyes, it showed more personality. All the other characters are well developed and I understood where they fit in their own stories. Especially Lizette. Luz and Diego have some childhood development, but most other children are treated as a silent backdrop. Sara and Marie Josie are described in contrast to one another, sure, but they don't really get personalities until they're 15. I love seeing how Luz and Diego mirror Sara and Marie Josie as siblings, how their decisions affect which way their lives lead. Shout-out to the crime fighting rattlesnake.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Colonisation

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Police brutality, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

pages_with_panda's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

 “We cannot know the depths of another’s sacrifice,”

This could be your loss. But it’s not. It’s mine, and you might think you’re lucky, but for every lucky person, unluckiness arrives. Our existence shouldn’t depend on luck. It should depend on justice, what is good, what is right.

A slow-paced, character driven story of five generations of a a Mexican/Indigenous family in Denver Colorado.

I really liked the back and forth between generations! It took a second for it to make sense and it was non-linear but I liked being able to connect the stories and characters.

I wanted to cry near the end for what happened to the family. Every generation had their own world-shattering problem and it was so personal.

I felt the ending was a bit abrupt though and I would’ve liked more details, but the last sentence was beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Classism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse