Lincoln in the Bardo
Book • 2017
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A brief bit about when someone was once sexually abused as a child. There's a character who a few times in the book gropes another unconsensually (she forgives him the moment he apologises...) An extended bit about the rapes of a POC woman (it's in the part where the black people start telling their stories, and a woman steps up who won't speak. it's in a one big paragraph chunk so easily recognisable and skipped)
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a hunter, as penance in the afterlife, must hug/apologize to each animal he's killed. a ghost manifests, for a short while, as a group of dead hogs with gory descriptions.
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Corporal punishment is mentioned once or twice, inexplicitly. A brief bit about when someone was once sexually abused as a child.
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not on page--mentions of torture, descriptions and discussed fears of hell
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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there are some mentions from the chorus of ghosts about committing suicide. one of the main characters (presently a ghost) graphically describes committing suicide and regretting it. CW for cutting, blood. he talks openly about the fact that he changed his mind but couldn't do anything about it, it was a mistake he wishes he could take back since he, now dead, has appreciation for life, and so on. it could be quite upsetting if suicide is a triggering issue.
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Is there domestic violence?
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a major character died from suicide via cutting.
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Is there sexual content?
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mostly people referring to this dude's d*ck a lot. Also mentions of people wanting/going to have/having sex, but nothing explicit until the end where there's an orgy (with non-explicit language).
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Does a kid die?
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the premise of the novel is that abraham lincoln's son, willie, has died and lincoln is trying to work through his grief
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Does it have a sad ending?
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bittersweet. lots of messages on grief and love and moving on, letting go, etc.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Someone smashes someone else's head in with a rock- it's a 'cheer from the audience' moment though cause it's a black person shutting up a white person that had been racist through the book and at that time towards him (unfortunately doesn't last long)
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The depictions of hell get a bit gory and gross. A few small mentions of blood. Skip the first paragraph of CIII as well.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Not jokes, but a character describes a bunch of spoiled, racist kids and fat is one of the adjectives
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Are there spiders?
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Just a phrase where someone says where they'd put one if they could.
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once. the word "nance" is used in passing, which the gay character neither hears nor cares. he does describe being a teenager and feeling like his family thought him "perverse and shameful" but, again, he isn't bothered and is happy with himself.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Use of the word 'sp*stic' in a literal way - I think this is not a slur in US (maybe North America) but is in other anglo countries. A couple possibly decides to throw their baby into a creek because it was disabled (among other reasons).
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Does an LGBT person die?
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In the context that pretty much everyone in this book is dead, however the LGBT character does die from suicide due to a bad relationship. (this is, however, (SPOILERISH) balanced a page or two later by happy gay relationships for him in flashforwards)
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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once in a historical account (directed at Lincoln) and there is a minor character who uses a substitute word (referring to people as "shards", a made-up insult but very clear in context as to who he means, and it is used violently and insultingly).
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brief sentence about this time a group held someone else down and shaved their head. At the end, it's revealed that a major character died from suicide via cutting.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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The story is set in Lincoln-era America and in a couple of pages a few characters use slurs and black-people specific racist figures of speech against black people. Use of 'kr*ut' as a slur for a German soldier, though the solider has the most power in his and the slur-user's power dynamic. A use of a homophobic slur.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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while in a fever
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no but some body horror and ghosts manifesting in ways they didn't actually look like--versions of themselves that are somewhat off or wrong, and that they dislike
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one-line mentions of minor characters miscarrying/dying in childbirth
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brief mentions of a few people having done so. A character and her lover threw their (disabled?) baby into a creek to die.
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minor detail of a minor character
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A train crash (brief mention). It's actually kind of gory so if you're sensitive to this, skip the first paragraph of CIII
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A few brief mentions in one page of a snake as part of a statue/lengend
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possession is more in the sense of the ghosts standing inside a living body and having an understanding of their thoughts--it's debatable as to whether they can actually control the bodies but they do try, with no malicious intent.
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bitta poop stuff though
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A minor character jumps to their death (brief mention)
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during the war
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