Scan barcode
Reviews tagging 'Murder'
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall
20 reviews
bookdrunkard78's review
4.0
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death
Minor: Racism, Violence, and Rape
elizabeth_1898's review
3.0
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Murder
avisreadsandreads's review against another edition
5.0
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
achay91's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Death, and Racism
Moderate: War
Minor: Rape
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.0
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 3 stars
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Murder, Suicide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Death, Trafficking, Colonisation, Confinement, and Sexism
Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence
masterofmusix's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, War, Gun violence, Racism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Genocide, and Sexual harassment
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
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.
Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Slavery, and Misogyny
Moderate: Suicide, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Rape
balfies's review against another edition
4.5
The history itself is scarce, pieced together by scraps - but it suggests that slave riots occurred on 1 in 10 ships during the transatlantic slave trade, and the #1 thing that increased the likelihood of revolt was the presence of women on board. Hall pieces together and reconstructs a likely version of events for these women, giving them the agency and personhood denied them by history.
It is, at the same time, an account of Hall's own research, and the modern day racist walls that stood in her way - white supremacist bureaucracy, forbidden archives, police escorts through the stacks where these sources are buried.
Evocative illustrations by Hugo Martínez filled with resonant imagery and metaphor bring these dual stories to life. This was a quick but very compelling read.
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Murder, and Slavery
Moderate: Rape
franklola's review against another edition
4.0
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
4.0
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