Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

38 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

i expected to love this a lot more than i did, especially because of how much i liked this authors previous work. mainly due to some of the content warnings i think

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Classism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

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

bunny_rose's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.0

This book was soooo beautifully written very poetic I love this type of writing. Historical themes of racism and colonialism and ancestors 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Violence

meredithamadee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

nabecker13'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

leio_vaasi_read's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Classism

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

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

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