Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

5 reviews

jellbelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

A tense read with twists. The way it's written I felt I was standing there with Mack and her sister, cousin and all the aunties. Few passages gave me actual shivers, gasps and shock. Felt so many connections to the characters, esp Mack. Saw a lot of my family in hers. 

The bit about her Kokum reminded me of a dream I had once where my grandma kept telling me I had to leave and I tried to bring her with me but she said no YOU need to leave. I was having my first low blood sugar since being diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic and it was severe low...a sugar of 1.2 and my grandma had passed 4 years prior. Hair on my arm just stood up reading that part. 

Like Mr Hector said "it's like a hand comes out and touches yours" when you read something you thought unique to you and here it written down by someone you've never met and don't know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Forced institutionalization

Additional Triggers: sibling death

violetbooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

zombiezami's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I’m just going to be sitting here thinking about this book and its use of symbolism and language for the next 10-14 business days

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Genocide, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

amandas_bookshelf's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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: Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Alcohol