Reviews tagging 'Death'

In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

33 reviews

crouchingdoctorhiddenbias's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Grief, and Gaslighting

crankylibrarian's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-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

3.75

3 African and African American women struggle to find a place for themselves in the insular homogenous culture of Sweden. Calls into question the idealized Nordic paradise: the “happiest place in the world”  may not be so happy for those of darker hue.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Grief, and Pregnancy

shedasortareads's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Islamophobia

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

bookobsessedmommy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

The sadness and foreboding permeated this book. Even when the ladies were happy, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. A wholly captivating storytelling style that wouldn't let me look away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

3.5

 This book had so much potential but I felt like I was just left empty-handed. I loved the idea of these three women and their stories as immigrants in a nation that is not notable for its love of outsiders. However, the execution just made me too sad. I just didn't love the direction this book went in - it was such a unique perspective and some parts were great, but it just didn't hold up for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

kmyr1123's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

thatenbyisisreads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I wish I could read this book for the first time again. I loved all of the girls even though I was disappointed a couple of times with Kemi and Brittany. Hopefully, there's a future where they both realize their worth. It was very sad to see Kemi and Brittany not become friends because I know in a perfect world, Kemi would've helped Brittany out in her situation at the end of the book. I hated whenever Brittany and Kemi would complain about stupid shit when Muna was going through such traumatizing experiences in her day-to-day. She deserved so much better.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Classism

nicnocs511's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation

Moderate: Death, Infertility, and Racism

jasminealizae's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I wanted to like this book so badly. With less than 10% of the book left I had no clue what the purpose or plot of this story was, and upon finishing I am still just as confused. This story was so extremely slow and dull. The characters made such poor decisions at every opportunity they could and it made them unlikable for me. The idea of these women all being tied to one man was very loose and the believability was just as flimsy. I completely understand what the author was trying to accomplish, but she unfortunately fell extremely far from that goal. The ending really negates the entire story and made the read feel pointless. The audio version was perfect to hear the accents and languages the characters spoke, and to be able to correctly hear the pronunciation of names for the places and people, but the narrator who spoke for both Kemi and Brittany often confused their established accents. Also was strange how Brittany was made to have a very stereotypical unrealistic American country accent and was off putting. I also couldn’t tell if all the Swedish characters were just unnaturally slow speakers or if the narrator was struggling using the accent so her words had extremely long pauses between them and everything was drawn out. This book was all over the place in a bad way and truly felt like it had no real direction and that the author had no actual vision for the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Classism