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

20 reviews

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

tinavonk's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book made me angry, which I know was the author's purpose; she did a fabulous job! The author was correct on every front about the hidden and erased history of women-led revolts. The lack of records is downright disgusting and Dr. Hall brought all of that to light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Rape

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, War, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death, and Murder

shoshin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

I read this book for a class. It's haunting, and it's about being haunted by the painful history and ghosts of slavery in the United States. Hall has gone through a lot, both as a historian and as a person, and it all comes through starkly in this book.

That said, the illustrations were terrible. They sometimes added information and emotion to the story, but the illustrator's style was very distracting--it was so dark (and I mean that literally, lots of black ink, and not just because so many of the characters are Black) that it was physically difficult to parse what was going on in the images sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Slavery

Moderate: War and Rape

hels_97's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, and Slavery

readbetweenthespine's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Rape

cheesy_gordita_grack's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

It was pretty amazing to receive the information in this book in this visual format. The illustrator's style almost vibrates and moves on the page, and Wake resonated with me the most when it was at its most personal. I loved that Dr. Hall's own history and experiences were woven into the wider history of women-led slave revolts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Minor: Murder, Rape, and Torture

balesnar's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Murder, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Pedophilia

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