Reviews tagging Adult/minor relationship

Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston

9 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Medical content, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Racism, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Rape, and Blood

Natural disasters, Colorism, Eugenics

abrose2001's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

It's a unique style of writing, and a bit of a challenge to get used to, but it works really well in context of the book and the intent of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Racism

amavi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

The dialogue was very hard for me to read/understand luckily people here mentioned the audiobook and that saved me. This book had beautifully written aspects that I enjoyed, and I respected how real, raw and honest it was and the valuable conversations it brought up but I didn't like anything else. This book is supposed to be about Janie, this is her story yet for some reason I felt like she was the background character. I got a lot more from the people in her life rather than her. I wish I got more from her. I did like the ending, I like to think that she is better now. I understand why this book is important and how it's valuable but it just wasn't for me. I do hope someone can find something useful, healing, loving, worthy in this book, I didn't but I'm sure it would work for someone else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Racism

Minor: Murder, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Death, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

rebekistan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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: Domestic abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Slavery

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Rape, and Domestic abuse

mia7's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

ilsota_77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Honestly, I went into this book not knowing much about it since I had to read it for school but I truly enjoyed it. Zora's writing style is beautiful and the way she builds a strong main character. Zora  shows us everything in Janie's (main character) life that led for her to become the woman she is  and how our experiences affect our development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Racism

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

Janie and Tea Cakes love story reigns supreme

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Terminal illness

hawkrose18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

CAWPILE: 8.29

I had to read this book for school and I am so glad that I did because it was truly an amazing story. I plan to check out more of Hurston's work in the future because I really enjoyed how she told this story. I loved following Janie and learning about her life and the hardships that she went through to become who she was. I also loved how this book was not solely focused on the black suffering (it was there, but it wasn't just this), and instead also focused on black joy and black love and it was all around just a beautiful story that I hope more schools include in their curriculum. Sometimes the abusive relationships Janie was in got to me and hit me harder than I would have expected, but I do think that it was still important to the story and helped Janie become the person she ended up being and I love that she ended up becoming herself and lives for herself instead of those around her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Rape, and Slavery