Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

44 reviews

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I thought this story was told beautifully and was really well-executed. I liked how the bulk of the story takes place in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. It was really interesting to see how much changed for these people, but still how much was the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

thecozyarchivist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Read this for my book club, and I hate to say it but if it wasn’t for said book club, I would have DNFed. I wasn’t a big fan of the story jumping around back and forth between Rue’s childhood and adulthood. I get that it was meant to build anticipation but it just caused confusion. I found myself just not really paying attention and often getting lost as to what part of the story we were at.

This book also has so much black pain as its focus, and I was really just waiting for these characters to get some kind of reprieve. I read books with heavy topics all the time, but there was no balance here, just pain on top of pain for every character. Like when you think things can’t get worse, they get worse. 😕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

junebugdyke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Slavery

Moderate: Blood

erincowgill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, and Abortion

Moderate: Child death

herials's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Violence

Minor: Child death

fsprouls's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Vomit, and Grief

sartastic's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Addiction

msbarnesela's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Abortion

bgoodbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

2.5

This book surely is a slow burn with lots of character development. The story flips back and forth from slaverytime and post-Civil War time, with powerful characters and deep secrets throughout all of the characters. The community is interwoven so deeply that you never know how interlaced they can be. I rated this lower because I had a hard time getting into the story, I was hoping it would pull through for me but I still felt like I was waiting for more that I never got.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, and Sexual assault