Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh

5 reviews

harureads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is just incredible. I was completely trapped throughout and simply could not pick up anything else while reading this. Ghosh could not have done better than having such a variety of people and characters, many of them grotesque and depressing, and bringing them together in this painful journey. I loved their character development and how they were so agencial. I am completely invested in what happens with Deeti - who I felt the most protective of in the book - as they make their journey back to her alter as was implicated in the first book 1. I can't wait to move to the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Colonisation, Drug use, Racism, Trafficking, and Addiction

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Sea of Poppies whisks you away to a different age that speaks about our own. The story bounces between several characters who are all share the experience of being on a retrofitted slave ship bringing Indian migrants to Mauritius at the dawn of the Opium Wars between Britain and China. The characters are a ragtag bunch who bring with them a vibrancy that I have never seen in historical fiction. The setting's time period and location are immensely deep and alive. The ending leaves a wide opening for many possible interpretations. What more could you want?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Ableism, Trafficking, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Body shaming, Deportation, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Drug use, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Stalking, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

morganpearcy's review against another edition

I was not a fan of the graphic rape and torture scenes where the victims were folx living on the mental retardation spectrum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Vomit

thereadingsparrow's review

adventurous dark informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Torture, Sexual assault, Bullying, Violence, Racial slurs, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Slavery, and Rape

blancefloer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful reflective slow-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

5.0

Very rich use of language including many words whose cultural background most readers don't have - you can either look them up or just accept that you won't have the images exactly right - and hard-to-read dialects. Totally worth it, though. Such diverse characters, from all kinds of margins, and also just a really fun and adventurous read. Fully recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Addiction, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Confinement, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Murder, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, and War