Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson

3 reviews

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

Instantly caught and kept my attention, a book with highly relatable feelings and thoughts, even if i can't relate to the events and situations. Great writing and detail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Death, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Pedophilia

brooketreads's review

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

Just know that this is not a happy story. As a mother (with a teen boy), this was heart wrenching. I had to read this slowly in pieces, and I honestly felt stressed reading it and nearly DNFed. This story is so raw, and at times weird and dark (the dog scene 😤). There was a hauntingly beautiful line about when people die the others are left to live with the burdened of the inescapable. The scene where Sequoyah goes to visit his mom was so incredibly sad. She told him he wouldn’t visit her in the future😣. I did find some of the situations/ scenes uncomfortable (the sexualization element because the character is young - but yes I understand it’s realistic).

This book deals with hard topics surrounding alcoholism and foster care from the Indigenous perspective.

Author Brandon Hobson is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Mental illness, and Sexual content

There’s also discussion of negative and post I’ve foster care experiences as well as a parent incarcerated.

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Gun violence, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship