Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Boat-people by Sharon Bala

3 reviews

jennadh's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Dementia

biblizo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

electricjuicebox's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this story. I found it engaging and easy to read, though it is very emotional and does contain a lot of war-related content that some might perceive as gratuitous violence. 
It presents several very Canadian perspectives on race and immigration from different characters and dives into their backgrounds as well as how their beliefs are challenged during the course of the novel. The characters all felt very realistic and I became really invested in their lives. Would highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide