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erinsbookshelves's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, and Grief
Minor: Death of parent and Abortion
mariakureads's review
challenging
emotional
tense
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
5.0
This was a hard book - not to finish but to start and accept it as a realistic fiction since it covers so many realistic triggers and sometimes with so much emotion that it felt honest and real.
Right from the beginning Kaur tells you that this could be triggering by providing a page listing for the reader at the beginning. That set up the book in a way that others with a similar topic haven't - The warning made me conscious that I was choosing to move forward and read this and I did and I found that after I got past the slow build up, it was an intense story of survival, endurance, heartbreak, love and family told through a combination of prose, poetry and art.
It's a powerful story of a mother and daughter, alternating between their viewpoints to highlight their dynamic and the world around them as it weaves between a mother's past and her daughters present to tell their story.
Right from the beginning Kaur tells you that this could be triggering by providing a page listing for the reader at the beginning. That set up the book in a way that others with a similar topic haven't - The warning made me conscious that I was choosing to move forward and read this and I did and I found that after I got past the slow build up, it was an intense story of survival, endurance, heartbreak, love and family told through a combination of prose, poetry and art.
It's a powerful story of a mother and daughter, alternating between their viewpoints to highlight their dynamic and the world around them as it weaves between a mother's past and her daughters present to tell their story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism
booksandprosecco's review
emotional
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders
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