Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

8 reviews

chocolatechump's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

khaben31's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

jcoanbrill's review against another edition

informative 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? It's complicated

3.25

I found this one really hard emotionally, but the ending really brought it all together!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Incest, Vomit, Abortion, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

readingrenbo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

millera9's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

nishidake's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Murder, and Classism

raeof_sunshinebooks's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

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

4.25

There's only one criticism I have to this book, and that's the pacing. It was a slow read, the chapters were uneven (some were two pages, others were twelve) and it could be hard to truck through the slower moments. But it was worth it. There are some books you have to sit with for a minute after reading to embrace the full impact, and for me, this was one of them. The story is an impactful one, layered in different aspects of political, social, and emotional issues. Cussy Mary, though fiercely independent and determined, is shunned - sometimes burdened and beaten, for her skin. Racial prejudice, inequality, and injustice are topics I think many of us are familiar with, but this put a different spin on things. It really expanded on the knowledge that racist people don't hate for a reason. They hate simply anything different than their "norm." In the sections of the book where Cussy is presented with the option to appear white, we got a heart-wrenching look at the desperation of minority people to feel like they fit in. We also got a good hard look at life in appalachia in the 1930's. The poverty that they faced, the illnesses that took them, and the hunger. I felt emotionally devastated by Cussy's losses. They felt personal, and they felt unfair. This book wasn't only entertainment, nor was it only educational. It felt like both, but more over, it felt important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

aniqah_w's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Xenophobia