Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

3 reviews

jennadh's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Dementia, Rape, and Vomit

dezreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

electricjuicebox's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this story. I found it engaging and easy to read, though it is very emotional and does contain a lot of war-related content that some might perceive as gratuitous violence. 
It presents several very Canadian perspectives on race and immigration from different characters and dives into their backgrounds as well as how their beliefs are challenged during the course of the novel. The characters all felt very realistic and I became really invested in their lives. Would highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Rape