Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

7 reviews

goodin10tions's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Death of parent, and Colonisation

lady_elle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

olivia_stoney's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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? N/A

4.0

I had to read this book for school, so I’m a little biased to not like it; however, I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did. Great story, a little slow at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, and Cultural appropriation

audreykeyes's review

emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death and Death

booksanna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It was so intriguing and tense that I couldn’t stop reading. I wouldn’t say I liked it, but I needed to finish it because I needed to know the ending. But throughout the book all I was thinking who’s going to die next?

Half of the plot is just babies- having babies, making babies, birthing babies, dying babies, nursing babies, healing babies.

Also racial slurs and literally all male characters are trash people, except Will.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship and Murder

celestereads's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

beetsnotbombs's review

emotional slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence