Reviews tagging 'Death'

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

20 reviews

laneyliz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

jmdressel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

easily one of the best books i’ve ever read. an incredible story of a young immigrant girl who finds her way into the lives of an unassuming and grief-stricken family. 

heart-warming. tragic. beautiful. complex. inspiring. emotional. silly. 

everyone who is able should read this book (note content warnings)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Genocide

lay_kone's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Deportation

mooloony's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

leyla123's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Murder

olga0612's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

would've enjoyed more if I'd have a content warning in advance. Was often shocked and horrified by the happenings throughout the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Cannibalism

Minor: Gun violence

thejuliette's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Deportation

cheri_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Unfortunately, this book takes a while to get into. I finally became interested around page 100 (just before really, but not much). Once you hit that section, it moves quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Death of parent

uhm_kai's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

5.0

i'm so upset bc nothing ever ends up happy and people don't care about each other and it sucks 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Deportation

synnove_s's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• 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? Yes

2.25

White Saviourism. White Fragility. White man writing 
the marketing of the book tricked me into thinking I was about to read a heart warming story.  This is not heartwarming.  it is gut wrenching. I would read a story about the refugee crisis, I would read the story of the hardships of a young Nigerian woman thrown into a detention center. I would read about her unlikely connection to a white British woman. However, I felt something was off reading it all from a white male voice. The end was ambiguous. The author could have written an article about the issues instead of a book, or he could have written it with male voice not a young black girl or a rich white woman. ugh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt