Reviews tagging 'Death'

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

33 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

hennie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book has everything! It's magical, weaving, and full of grief and yearning. It's gay, sexy, and deeply invested in sisterhood and family. This book is healing. 10/10 recommend 💫

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

OMG, I absolutely loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

ellaxiao's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

This book is gonna stay on my recommended list, love the interweaving of the three women’s stories and struggles, ofc I love the non linear storytelling, really gets into the concept of growing in strange shapes from childhood traumas while not feeling exploitative. I had big love and respect for the characters and the excellent writing, I want to read more African authors and non US based stories 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

siobhanward's review

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

 I grabbed this at random from a list on Libby and I'm so glad I did. The writing was absolutely beautiful - the descriptions were detailed and everything felt so real. I really enjoyed the characters and their journeys, although sometimes things felt a bit disjointed. I find that can happen with books that move through time, so I think it's more of a critique of the style than this specific book. Ekwuyasi has a gift for describing food and honestly all I wanted to do was eat - her descriptions made everything sound wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

blackwalnutbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

niahhhh's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual assault

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This is such a beautifully written book, one you luxuriate in and savour for every word, sentence and page. 

I absolutely loved the characters and the way their stories intertwined. I loved their complex relationships with each other and themselves, and the secondary characters were brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

wahitonyaga's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent