Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim

6 reviews

rosieraggz's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

bella_01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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

4.25

This book was absolutely incredible to read. The story was really engaging and kept me longing to read more. Parts of the book pushed me to tears, other parts gave me butterflies. I feel sad that the book is over, but I'm grateful to hear there are more books following the story. I would 100% recommend this book to anyone with an interest in black history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Blood, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, and Torture

sooz_767's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It's heartbreaking that the things in this book were the reality of so many people at the time, the way they were treated, spoken to and thought of is dispicable.

For such a short book this spans many years, but given the shortness there are a lot of jumps in time and a lot of glossing over events. It could have been improved by a bit of fleshing out.

The narration for this was excellent, with Bahni Turpin nailing the southern accents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Physical abuse

daisiesandbees's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Sexual violence, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Abortion

dayday_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Bullying

I enjoyed this book so much more than I expected. It dealt with some seriously heavy topics that I have never read about like this before. This is one of the few books that has produced a visceral reaction from me. I had so many moments of stress, worry and outright fear for some of the characters. My heart hurt during the books few truly violent scenes and the main character's naivete made me want to shake her. That was my biggest issue with the book, but it didn't detract from my enjoyment. Watching her grow and learn and truly come in to her own power was wonderful and Mattie is a total scene stealer. I loved her and her family and how much she loved Lisbeth. The ending was not what I wanted but it was as it should have been in the confines of the story and not all tales end wrapped in a pretty bow and that made it more real and wonderful for me.

thunderbird's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cannot remember the last time I read a book nearly straight through. I liked how this story came at the horrors of slavery through such a different angle. It was foremost about this complicated relationship that was so loving, even through the truth of the institutional racism behind it. I was saddened by the predictable ending that could be seen very early.  Otherwise, an excellent read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse