Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior

7 reviews

sisterkoda's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative 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: Complicated

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Foi um livro bem intenso, definitivamente uma experiência única. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Misogyny

mark_lenkeeva's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

davethescot's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

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What a fabulous novel, originally published in 2018 and translated last year, 'Crooked Plow' by Itamar Viera Jnr is the magical and social realist story of two sisters who are tenement farmers in Brazil. Absolutely wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

dannb's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

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So much Brazilian history. deep digging 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation

othersociologist's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence

Minor: Slavery

misty_kb's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism, Sexual content

angievansprang's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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: Complicated

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This was an absolutely beautiful story of sisterhood, community, identity, and cultural roots. I had little idea of what to expect when I first picked this up, but I was highly impressed at the beauty of the writing despite this being a translated work (from Portuguese). This story is incredibly important, as there is a lack of literature on many regions in Brazil mainly inhabited by Black and Indigenous folks. A true story of tenacity and commensalism with lots of gorgeous nature imagery, I would HIGHLY recommend this read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail