Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

4.34 AVERAGE

kariss182's review

4.0
Some important history and its led me to further reading

ceba25's review

5.0
“History written by the victors always erases resistance. And those of us who live in the wake / ruins learn that we were inferior and needed to be conquered and enslaved. This is the afterlife of slavery that the victors need us to inhabit. One in which we have always already lost and have accepted our fate as handed to us.”

Memoir and graphic novel, this book does what it says on the tin: tells the stories (or what is possible) of female slave revolts. The art is beautiful and the research is through, the only thing you’ll hate is the history itself.

noahd's review

4.5
dark emotional informative sad medium-paced
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joyliminal's review

4.5
challenging informative inspiring sad medium-paced
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jbosio's review

4.0
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ryanocerus's review

5.0
Beautiful illustrations and hard content. Continuing to learn and this was a good one!

chaldo's review

Reading about those who chose death over slavery was tough.

stormofire's review against another edition

5.0
The actors and actresses did a great job in this version and the story is so cool how she includes herself in the story that she is writing. The research she did is very impressive and she made an amazing story out of it!

that_weirdo_tilly's review

5.0
informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

heatherer's review

4.25
challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced