Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

142 reviews

majestictrilobite's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Genocide and Antisemitism

kphmitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I liked the idea of the story. I liked Thistlefoot and Hubcap and other side characters. There were areas the pacing slowed and weren't really necessary for the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Xenophobia

yellowbinge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ladykatka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book wasn't perfect, but the writing of the pogrom was so emotional I cannot think of a more emotional description of such an event. The story and the people told in a way to be remembered always.

I didn't give it a 5 because most of the book was good, not great, but still good. That ending though moved me to tears and that is worth a high rating to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

barelyconcealed's review against another edition

4.0

This was interesting. I wasn’t expecting the level of magic that was ultimately in this story, and while the text was quite dense, it managed to paint a story that was still somewhat grounded in the horror of the Eastern European pogroms.

There’s a little bit of this that doesn’t quite land - it’s overlong, the strongest parts are Baba Yaga’s story by a longshot, though I honestly did love “girl animates a cemetery stone to life and they’re lesbians about it” - but it’s worth checking out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Genocide and Antisemitism

starlitpage's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

This is a powerful book about folklore and stories, about generational trauma, and about a house that doesn't stop running until it does. I didn't enjoy reading this book, but I'm glad I read it. I found the take on fear behind xenophobia particularly interesting. Would probably hold up well to rereads, but I don't intend to try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

Drug use = smoking cigarettes often, mention of other drugs in passing

plantbaybe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

vivelarevolution's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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 might have words later, but I don't have them now. This book was incredible. Also, incredibly heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

Minor: Rape, Torture, and Alcohol

Chapter 38 ends in what I would characterize as a suicide. Chapter 43 describes a pogrom.

sharpiemyshoe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Genocide

enyltiak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

Lying was reductive, but in a way, all art was a form of lying. Poets hyperbolize. Painters heighten colors, smudge edges. Actors shapeshift. All ways to twist reality in order to tell a deeper, more potent truth. Fact only goes so far. There are a finite number of facts in the universe with which to tell a story. Lies, on the other hand, are limitless. 

What an incredible, wonderful book. Stories about houses, about hauntings, about stories themselves, will always draw me in and delight me. I can't express the love I have for this story. I'd rate it six stars if I could, if not more. Utter perfection, falling somewhere between the cozy epic-ness of Six of Crows and the comforting gothic of A Series of Unfortunate Events. It's a book about folk tales and magic and siblings and ghosts and memory, told from the perspective of the house in which the characters reside. I cannot recommend it enough. An instant new favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War