Reviews tagging 'Death'

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

25 reviews

castawaycove's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

i actually can’t even begin to articulate how good this was. my favourite part was elizabeth’s prayer and the ending???? i don’t even know how to feel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

grantsharpies's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

bookynooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Not sure if the biblical scripture was lost on me but parts of this was quite dense 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and War

emzireads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

rzh's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

again, i just LOVE james baldwin and he never lets me down. beautiful beautiful prose, really evocative and beautifully shapped characters, all with their own individual struggles and stories. i loved how it told the tales of the parents generations and treated them as the flawed young people they were: sometimes a difficult thing to do with older generations. i would maybe mark it down just a tad for being a bit slower paced than the other baldwin books i’ve read and maybe a little harder to follow with the abstract poetics of it but still loved it nonetheless. 4.25 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gun violence and Rape

maria_winther's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicide, and Violence

aloy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism and Slavery

anniefwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

This was my first James Baldwin, and WOW. Moving plot, language that sucks you right in, vivid interior worlds of all the characters. What a magnificent writer. I especially loved the parts where I got to live inside the mind of such a tender, confused, emotional boy. The way the story concluded wasn’t what I expected, and it’s going to be a while until I can unravel my complex feelings about it. But all in all, Baldwin has such a strong yet delicate voice, and I’m looking forward to reading more of his work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infertility, Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and War

jamieruwen's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

It was beautiful, but also extremely painful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual violence