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Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

13 reviews

fenemiestolovers's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I had a bit of a hard time getting invested in this book, but the ending really stood out to me. And I found the perspectives on Black womanhood, motherhood, and identity both challenging and interesting. I would definitely read it again to catch more of the themes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Violence, Suicide, and Addiction

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Slavery, Rape, Classism, Child death, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Abortion, and War

lindsayerin's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault

ashlitas's review

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Slavery, Sexism, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

kingsteph's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Vomit

ukponge's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault

ayolikesbooks's review

challenging emotional sad 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

4.25

Started off incredibly strongly with wonderful writing, but then the plot and what was driving the characters meandered

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

bella_cavicchi's review

emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

What a beautiful book. The first third was solid; the latter parts blew me away. It's a story about freedom -- particularly, the freedom of Black people, and even more so, the freedom of Black women -- as well as mothers and daughters. Finishing it, my mind oddly (or maybe not oddly?) jumped to Kate Chopin's THE AWAKENING, if only because both are unafraid to delve deeply into the meaning of our inner lives. Very glad this graced my library pile!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death and Slavery

arlangrey17's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Suicide

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

3.0

This was a decent audiobook that at its core explores a mother-daughter relationship. The book follows Libertie, as she tries to live up to her mother's expectations even as she lives in a post-slavery America and is darker skinned than her mother, who can pass as white. I think the book was at its best when it was dealing with their interactions together, whether in person or through letters.

The book took a turn a little over halfway through, and the narrative moved to a new location and introduced a bunch of new characters—it was a little jarring, and I didn't find Libertie's relationships with these new characters as compelling as her relationship with her mom. And I couldn't get behind the love story. It was too sudden and Libertie's exact motivations were unclear.

That being said, I did like Libertie's overall character arc and development, but I just wanted more from some of the other characters. The plot was slow moving so I would have liked to be invested in more of the characters. I wanted the novel to be one thing, and it ended up being several things, which is definitely my own fault, so you should give this one a chance if the summary interests you! It's very well-written.

Thank you to Libro.fm, Recorded Books, and the author for my ALC.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

gabtiffin's review

emotional reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent