Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

32 reviews

masterofmusix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

This book tells an incredible story. It provides a visual depiction of what the slave trade actually looked like. It describes the story of the authors journey to find the truth about her ancestors past. It is as dark and haunting as it is illuminating. Rebecca Hall is a hero for writing this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, War, Gun violence, Racism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Genocide, and Sexual harassment

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Pedophilia and Child abuse

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

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I didn’t like the illustrations, and the layout of some of the pages made the words difficult to follow. But overall, it was both heartbreaking and frustrating to read about lost history and how it repeats itself today in racist patriarchy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Grief, Sexism, Gun violence, Death, Trafficking, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Child death, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, and Suicide

rachbake's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Slavery, Kidnapping, Violence, Trafficking, and Gun violence

maraycher's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Rape and Murder

notsowellread's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence

elenushka8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Slavery

Moderate: Racism

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

lilawsahar's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

I learned so much from dr. Rebecca Hall!! I love that her work is intersectional: it talks about the black and female experience as a slave. I didn’t know that Africans revolted on slave ships and I especially didn’t know that there was more likely to be a revolt with more women on the ship. I am so thankful that she decided to make her dissertation into a graphic novel. 

Thank you for taking us on your dissertation journey with you. I am sorry that even in your research you are facing racism for uncovering the truth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Violence