Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

9 reviews

croww_teeth's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Leaves you wanting to know more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Slavery, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Alcoholism, Classism, Rape, Abandonment, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

kerisreads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

 The moving eloquence and lasting impact of Frederick Douglass's autobiographical narrative leaves me thinking no study of early American history could possibly be complete without it.

Told in alternating matter-of-fact prose and passionately emotional poetry, it's no wonder Douglass played such an instrumental role in the abolition of American slavery.

As I read, I imagined reading this as a 19th century white American previously unacquainted with specifics of the manifold evils of southern slavery.... Phew.

A must-read indeed. You'll weep, but be the better for it.
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Content warnings: As expected of any work on American slavery, many heavy topics are covered, though none graphically, including rape, cruelty and physical abuse, violence, death of and separation from parents and grandparents, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Racism, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Torture, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Body horror, Classism, Gore, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Deadnaming, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Alcohol, Self harm, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

ifweweresorrows's review against another edition

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

5.0

An Important and essential read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Classism, Violence, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Torture, Gore, Racism, Medical content, Slavery, and Trafficking

androgyny's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Racial slurs, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

samchase112's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Frederick Douglass's slave narrative is a classic for a reason. He clearly and passionately describes his life as an enslaved man in the early 19th century, pulling on his readers' emotions in just the right way. This narrative is terrifying to read, at once humbling and inspiring. Atrocity after atrocity is committed, and the strength of the human spirit is truly remarkable to witness in these pages. Douglass is known as a great speaker and leader, but it must be recognized that he was also a great writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent and Rape