Reviews tagging 'Death'

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

33 reviews

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

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

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

atamano's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

krystalg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

katieimre's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment

stephbakerbooks's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I’ve been putting off writing this review because I’m so confused on my feelings for this book 😂 I liked the book, but it took me two months to read…parts of it were really slow and sometimes I would get into a certain storyline and then the next chapter would jump timelines or to a different character and wouldn’t go back to the part I liked for a while.

The characters were really strong though. Luz was a great lead and I loved learning about the history of her ancestors. I really liked Luz and her brother Diego’s relationship, but it felt like it got dropped after the beginning and didn’t get picked up again till the end. I wanted more of that.

I think maybe just the jumping around timelines, even within Luz’s own life, made the book feel disjointed, and the ending was especially confusing and abrupt. But I appreciated the characters and I do think it was well written. If you like character stories, definitely give it a try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse

julianh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Miscarriage

catwhisperer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

cassielaj's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I wanted to like this so much more than I did. The writing is gorgeous, and the stories and characters are engaging, but the way they all come together left something to be desired for me. There were elements that dragged on or felt out of place, and there were elements I really wanted more of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amyjoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I am not sure I Get this book, but I also acknowledge that it's not For Me (a white lady). It was beautifully written; there were a few parts that had me in tears, and I really came to care for all the characters by the end. It was also interesting to read a historical fiction novel set in the area where I now live. I've only been in the Denver area for a year, and I don't know anything about it's history. I'm glad to have learned some of it through Luz and her family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Abortion, and Death of parent