Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

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

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

_micah_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

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

4.0

Very slow, but felt like an important text, especially for all the Indigenous boys who came (and will come) back broken from fighting a US war. The jump from reality to 'magical realism'--not the term I actually like but I can't come up with anything better for a three sentence review--felt abrupt. Otherwise a sad but hopeful title that I'd recommend for anyone interested in mid-20th century history, PTSD, survivance, and what really comes after the war.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

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

margaretahall'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Violence, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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

toriterence's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

3.75

It’s one of those books where you’re kind of confused as you’re reading, but then you sit back and think about it and realize how brilliant it was. Beautiful writing too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Minor: Sexual content