Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior

4 reviews

sadhbh2525's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Abortion

serena_hien's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Slavery

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Rape

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

claravalente's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation