Reviews tagging 'Racism'

River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

54 reviews

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Death

mamagoose_oc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

moriahleigh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

wolfgvng's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

nightowlreader46's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

What I really liked about this book is how different it was than so many books I've read and what I learned while reading it. I've not read many books (maybe any) with a similar plot, of an enslaved person trying to track down their stolen children, so it was a pleasure to read something that felt totally new. I also didn't know much about enslavement in the Caribbean and its history, which had me looking up things as I was reading, learning more about its history and where things were happening.

Shearer created an interesting story that was mostly well-paced. The ending felt a bit rushed after how much build up there had been throughout the rest of the book, but that didn't detract from my enjoyment all that much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death and Racism

rubberrosebooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rin_dawg's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Rape