Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

15 reviews

calsandco13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

kaleyhegeman's review against another edition

Not particularly interested in the characters, knowing what happens to most of them from the beginning didn’t help. Plot took a long time to move. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Torture

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual content

megshrews's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

4.0

I appreciated the glimpse into a time and place (the Dominican Republic in the years of the Trujillo dictatorship) that I was completely unfamiliar with. 

There were some aspects that I struggled with (mainly the strong religious focus and the inevitable association of womanhood with marriage and motherhood) but since that has to do with my own sensibilites, it might bother other readers less.

The chapters with alternating POVs and the  insertion of sections with diary entries make for a flowing reading experience. Still, I found some parts and perspectives more interesting and engaging than others. 
I really liked the final section from Dedé's POV, I found it the most moving and also the most effective in terms of prose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Lesbophobia

tieflingmom's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, and War

deebee223's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death

aericsson's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder

vereisnthere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia and Xenophobia

kellyeweber's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

alootoo's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War