Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

17 reviews

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

mdavis26's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

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

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

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

kattyenn's review against another edition

emotional tense 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion and Murder

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

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