Reviews tagging 'Death'

Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

20 reviews

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

A uniquely written novel that follows an amorphous group of brown girls throughout their lives, this group manages to feel like a well developed character. The prose was thoughtful and lovely and this dealt with a lot of interesting themes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Abortion

readandfindout's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.5

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 3 stars
Plot: 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexism

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Colonisation, Deportation, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

this was such a beautiful and raw portrayal of what it’s like to be a brown girl. i saw so many of my own struggles and experiences in this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Police brutality

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Car accident, and Racism

Minor: Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, and Self harm

hrserrano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, and Sexual harassment

jennikreads's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Abortion and Death

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicide, Abortion, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Domestic abuse

nabecker13's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Racism, Abortion, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Car accident, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Death

Minor: Abortion