Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

9 reviews

dangpascale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

atamano's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, and Medical content

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book was entirely not what I was expecting, in the best way possible. It’s a story about love and friendship that brought me to tears a couple of times. Also as a person recently relocated to Kentucky, I enjoyed the history that I learned from it and have enjoyed researching the Packhorse Librarians. Although hearing how mistreated women and people of color were in that area and time was incredibly frustrating at times, this book was truly a celebration of our differences as humans and encouragement to serve. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

betsygrace's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a beautiful book full of fierce female friendships and the touch librarians have in our life. And it was sad and hopeful, historical and mysterious, all wrapped in 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kellymariecox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry

bel017's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

I loved the characters: such strong, amazing, but realistically drawn women.
The setting too, was so well rendered. What an awful time and place. I'm sure the beauty of the place was supposed to shine through, but the dirt and poverty and hardship, and knowing those kinds of things really happened there and still happen all over the world, and that we all benefit from the misery of others, was tough.

Several times I had to skip a page or two to avoid traumatising content

a woman being beaten, a dog being killed

But reading about the friendship and the women's determination was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail