Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

16 reviews

daniellelikesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

orangepeaches's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is really informative in the native ways of thought and theory. I'm reading it for a native American Literature class and it really is a decolonized lens through the whole book. Everything is cyclical and the timeline is jumbled but in a way the story makes sense and shows growth, place, and time as cyclical. Most of the book I would say is also dedicated to the place, the setting, in that there is strong connections to the land and the place the story occupies. It is a story of resistance healing and love at the end of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Grief, and War

Minor: Death, Racism, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Colonisation

laindarko2's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and War

coolfijiwater's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Vomit

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Racism, Grief, and War

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Rape

dxlltopia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, and Colonisation

trippalli's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

A moving and mysterious tale, since if the violence and issues are depressing but they are kicking wrapped in beautiful words like a treasured gift.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

c_lizziebeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Gun violence

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War, and Classism

lonnahroyale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

3.75

Such interesting views of Indigenous religion, eye opening to what colonization has done to Indians but also takes the stance on not treating American Indians like the victims. Really really loved this, it has haunted me for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment