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Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote

4 reviews

ukponge's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Slavery, Misogyny, Mental illness, Addiction, Grief, Emotional abuse, Violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Murder, Alcoholism, and Animal death

_sarah_reads_'s review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Rape, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

natalieba's review

challenging emotional informative reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

sjpate14's review

dark emotional informative 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

4.0

Blurring the lines between fiction and non-fiction through the stories passed on in her family history, Kim Coleman Foote creates a biomythology in this novel that stretches decades of the Coleman-Grimes genealogy. Written almost like a collection of short stories through the 1920’s-80’s, this book is a haunting yet redeeming narrative of the Coleman legacy as it looks to redefine the way we see the traumas of our past and how understanding it can prevent the cycle from continuing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery