Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

12 reviews

woodsymel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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: Violence, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Classism, Death, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

stan2long's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

Excellent story that takes place in the pre-Civil War slavery plantation south. I knew this was going to be a great book in the first 90 seconds. The story meanders a bit, but that’s because this is a fiction that is based on real life individuals. The main white young lady goes on to be a nationally renowned abolitionist against slavery, and an advocate for equality of women as well. After the end of the book, the author fills in some details on the true life story, but I’d say save that until the end, because she reveals a few points that are best saved until you’ve completed the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

enbae's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring tense 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

When I started reading "the invention of wings" I expected something totally different, but now it was the exact right book for me. Especially finding out how many people from this book really existed inspired and thrilled me. I had never heard of the Grimké-sisters and their doing before - as many great women who's stories get left out of our history classes - and I'm still absolutely stunned!!!
A must-read for so many (white) people who can't imagine the cruel reality of slavery.

!!!But also huge trigger warnings: this book deals with topics as slavery, rassism, sexism, torture and even execution! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Torture, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Trafficking, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Execution

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I wasn’t sure about this book when I started off because I really don’t love having any more enslaved tales and I really don’t love a white person telling an enslaved tale from the perspective of an enslaved person but this is very well done. It really helps me that all of these people were real people and then the story itself is the only fictional part. It was exciting. I couldn’t put it down. It was also heavy. But I think it accomplished what it meant too. If you’re interested in history before the Civil War then might be interested in this book. they definitely did the research.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Bullying, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

onyxx's review against another edition

challenging inspiring 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

4.75

  Z początku nastawiłam się na to że "Czarne skrzydła" będą opowiadać bardziej o niewolnikach samych w sobie. Czułam, że części z Szelmą są krótsze. To historia Sary oraz jej siostry była bardziej opisana. Po przeczytaniu notki od autora zrozumiałam dlaczego.
 Emocjonalna, piekna historia, która na dlugo zapadnie mi w pamięć.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Colonisation, and Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Torture

lindseygilger's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

shelbydm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, War, and Violence

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Body horror, Colonisation, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Ableism, Xenophobia, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

bkwrm1317's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Based on lots of historical fact about the Grimké sisters originally of Charleston, SC, born into the land and slave-owning class of the plantation south. Both became abolitionists and feminists. While I do suspect it’s possible Monk Kidd overestimates how in favor of racial equality the sisters were (uncommon at the time even [sometimes especially] within abolitionist circles), it seems most of her characterization of them and their lives is rooted in reality. I find it interesting (and… unbelievable) that Monk Kidd has Sarah Grimké actively helping slaves at certain portions of the novel and find the ending unlikely to be historically accurate (white saviorism perhaps), but in all it was a decent read centered in significant research. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Racism

natashaball's review against another edition

hopeful reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Slavery, and Murder