Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

15 reviews

readbycarina's review

emotional reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Child death, Classism, and Death of parent

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child death, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Racism, Vomit, Pregnancy, Deportation, Medical content, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual assault, Car accident, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual content

sorcha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Physical abuse, and Grief

Minor: Deportation, Infidelity, Child death, Alcohol, Vomit, Death of parent, Racism, and Rape

befrazzledenby's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-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

This book was a rollercoaster, and I’m still not sure how to feel about it, though that’s usually a sign of a good book for me. I both loved and hated the characters, especially Jende. They all felt so real and complicated and just human. I loved Neni from the start. 

There were moments where the book felt as though it was moving too slow; other times, too fast. The pacing was just off for me, though that definitely added to the overall mood of the book and certainly is part of why it was a rollercoaster. 

There’s so many things to talk about in this tiny review, but I will leave it at this: this was the most raw, human book I have read in a long while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Death, and Miscarriage

calamitywindpetal's review

challenging sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Racism

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

A deep dive into the struggles of immigration. We often look at it through rose colored 'looking for greener pastures' glasses, but Imbolo completely dismantles that notion. I struggled a bit with the pacing of the book, but I am so glad I saw it through! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

taratearex's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-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

I listened to the audiobook for this and it was just beautifully read by Prentice Onayemi, it definitely enhanced my experience reading this book. This was overall very enjoyable and an interesting story that I never really knew where it was going. Following the economic crisis in 2008 through the perspectives of two families, a white family working on a Wall street and an immigrant Cameroonian family who work for them was a unique angle to tell this story and it kept me interested. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Racism, and Drug use