Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

6 reviews

laurao's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

pipn_t's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

Really good book, the writing was very descriptive.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

pages_with_panda's review

emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

 “We cannot know the depths of another’s sacrifice,”

This could be your loss. But it’s not. It’s mine, and you might think you’re lucky, but for every lucky person, unluckiness arrives. Our existence shouldn’t depend on luck. It should depend on justice, what is good, what is right.

A slow-paced, character driven story of five generations of a a Mexican/Indigenous family in Denver Colorado.

I really liked the back and forth between generations! It took a second for it to make sense and it was non-linear but I liked being able to connect the stories and characters.

I wanted to cry near the end for what happened to the family. Every generation had their own world-shattering problem and it was so personal.

I felt the ending was a bit abrupt though and I would’ve liked more details, but the last sentence was beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Abortion

alayamorning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Rape

vaniavela's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Violence, Abortion, and Murder

readingtomydogs's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Woman of Light is an incredible novel about Mexican women in the West/Colorado region in late 1800s-1930s. It contains such beautiful writing.  The backdrop of Colorado evokes such a sense of place and lets nature shine. 
The book has a generational theme but switches stories every few chapters, blending beautifully at the end! One of my top reads of the year. 
Received an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review from Random House on NetGalley. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury