Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

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

9 reviews

bookdrunkard78's review

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

4.0

Loved it! Forever interested in the parts of history that get erased and the voices that are silenced. It's important to me to seek out those stories/histories and be a witness to the forgotten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death

Minor: Racism, Violence, and Rape

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely essential reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Misogyny, War, and Trafficking

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

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Murder, Suicide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Death, Trafficking, Colonisation, Confinement, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

A beautifully told and vital story that deserves all the attention Hall gives it and more.

I was not a fan of the art style; while Martinez's stark black-and-white images really capture the emotions of Hall's story, I do not like the way he draws people. Which, in a story about people first and foremost, was a big drawback for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Slavery, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Rape

franklola's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Genocide, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, Death, Misogyny, Racism, and Colonisation

solenodon's review

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Sexual violence

krys_kilz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I think it is amazing that Dr. Hall transformed her dissertation research into a graphic novel, so that it is accessible to a wider audience outside of academia. The way she weaves theoretical frameworks like hauntology and Black feminism throughout the story takes such concepts from jargon to understandable ways of processing our present. Dr. Hall's mission to uncover erased pasts in order to illuminate new futures shines through on every page.

Martínez's art really amplifies the story and helps the book come alive. The way he is able to capture emotion, especially in the sections about the author, takes the story from abstract to personal. This book is not simply a research project, it is the story of people's lives - a story that fiercely resists the dehumanization and commodification of Black people.

Overall, this book is an excellent example of scholar activism and I look forward to reading more of Dr. Hall's work in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicide

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for an arc of this book.

Wake is a graphic novel that is a combination of nonfiction about a historian's research into Women Led Slave Revolts and heavily researched historical recreations of events.  So much of the history Hall was researching was unavailable to the point she had to extrapolate from the research she had to get imaginings of some of the events she wanted to portray.

This story was very hard to read because of the content, but extremely informative and well-written. The illustrations were beautifully and poignantly done and I loved that it was a mix of Hall's research as well as recreations of what she was researching. The overlap of her subject matter and what she herself was doing was very meaningful.

This book gave me a lot to think about and I definitely think it did the job that Hall set out to do.

Pub Date: June 1, 2021

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Death, Murder, Confinement, and Torture

papercraftalex's review

dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This is a difficult book to read, but very worth it. It sheds light on an aspect of history that is often washed over or downright hidden in the American education system, while also showing both the microaggressions and trauma that come from being a Black slavery historian. It is a powerful story and one that should be required reading. I'm not the biggest fan of this kind of art style, but it works well for the seriousness of this book.

I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence