The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Death
Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Mental illness
qubilahshabazz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Abortion and Death of parent
lmilfort's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Abortion
fatsss's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
I enjoyed the author’s writing and I liked that we get to see how society pushed motherhood on women.Â
Also, I hated that the ending like what the actual hell? This book deserved a much better ending and so did Efe 😔
Graphic: Abortion, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying
kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Abortion, Abandonment, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, Medical content, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism
lostinthebooks_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Bullying, Grief, Car accident, Sexual content, Abortion, and Death
jacquelynrovene's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Abortion and Car accident
ukponge's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Abortion, and Death
twirlsandwhirls's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Krystle Zara Appiah has a flair for the dramatic. As real as Efe and her family felt to me, as well as her palpable loneliness, the plotlines of Rootless felt too eventful for me. I'm all about internal dialogue and struggle. I don't need for a lot to happen, especially if I'm engaged enough with the characters, which I was. I bickered with Sam and I felt Efe's lows. It felt like insult to injury to have to endure bad news as often as I did in this novel. It was so hard for folks to catch a break. The fact that I wanted so badly for good things to happen to these characters speaks volumes.
I appreciated the bits of Twi sprinkled in. They weren't overly explained to outsiders like myself. I got the gist and if I wanted to learn more, I could ask someone or start with Google. I love a multilingual book, a story about a diaspora, and stories from other countries (England & Ghana). The structure of Rootless was ingenious. The author started the story in the middle/near the end and skipped back in time to the beginning, adding in details year by year, then month by month until we felt like we knew the characters.
Graphic: Abortion and Self harm
Moderate: Violence
destheesquire's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Abandonment
Moderate: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm