Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

99 reviews

readtomea97's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was beautiful written, and gives a very unique insight into the lives of slave women, specifically mulatto/white passing women. This story is based on the life of slave concubine Mary Lumpkin, the bully trader (a.k.a. Master Robert Lumpkin), the Devil’s Acre plantation, Anthony Burns, and the experiences they had during slavery and her survival story. Look up Virginia Union University. I appreciate this perspective on her history however I will warn future readers interested this is a VERY heavy read. Be prepared for heartbreak, anger, and grief throughout this story. I can’t count how many times I wanted to put this down because black trauma continues to be too much to experience over and over again, but this was so beautifully written, I had to know how it ends. I respect Pheby’s journey because it wouldn’t have been an easy one for anyone by any means. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Murder, Miscarriage, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Death, Bullying, Classism, Rape, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Slavery, and Adult/minor relationship

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Confinement, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Violence

bookish_in_bklyn's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Excellent historical fiction by Sadeqa Johnson! This book dealt with a tough subject, and contained a lot of difficult subject matter. Check content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

kori_dragon's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was a difficult read. Based on historical records, it was painful to read the lengths enslaved women go through to protect (and fail to protect) their loved ones. It did go into fascinating depth of the caste levels within slavery (field hands vs house slaves vs those who are mistresses of white men). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Racism

mjlease08's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Murder, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Slavery, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

rach_reads_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Racial slurs

taniasbookdiary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Confinement

nattie_moff's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

5.0

💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Grief

lifeofmavsgirl's review against another edition

emotional sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Hate crime, Racism, Confinement, Violence, and Rape

ladyinverse's review

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

this was such a harrowing read but my goodness it was worth every minute. Pheby went through absolute hell and still found courage to keep her kids safe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Pregnancy, Violence, Trafficking, Racism, Torture, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship