Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Erasure by Percival Everett

9 reviews

josie2k's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

perlaesq's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was incredible. Some portions were challenging to read, as they dove into philosophy and linguistics in a way I haven't had to read since college, but everything rewarded you.  Deeply human, complicated, heartbreaking, enraging.

The ending is incredible, and I hear it's very different from the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Murder, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

katewhite77's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don't usually like novels that mess around with form

However, this is brilliant. We follow Monk through a crazy time in his life by reading his notebook and journal. We are also privvie to his latest literary offering.

Here, Everett uses humour to mercilessly critique the presence of institutional racism mainly in the publishing industry, but elsewhere, too. He does this by publishing the racism to extreme to see where it might land.

The greatest compliment I can give this book is that one day, I would like to write something similar around disability. 

There is also a sweet subplot about how to grow old gracefully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.25

I feel about this book the same way I look at a Salvador Dalí painting - with a touch of awe, a giant dose of WtF, and a large, sinking stone in my belly of sadness and disgust. I would’ve rated this higher for so those reasons, except it felt too incomplete and rushed. There needed more development between the siblings. I hope the movie is better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Abandonment, and War

f6x's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The heartbreakingly real travails of an American family shimmer vividly against this backdrop of satire, perception, and social commentary. A remarkable journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

kreglow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

queenoftheharpies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Listened to the audiobook. Just a heads up the novel within the novel is difficult to get through - and long. It was about an hour in the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

realtightsweater's review against another edition

funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Mostly read so I can go watch American Fiction. There were some parts like about fly fishing and wood working and random sentences in latin that I didn't really understand. The book didn't seem to start moving until the last third and then ended a bit abruptly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Murder

firstaidkit's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Death and Grief