Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

61 reviews

danahh's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Child death, Death, Deportation, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Slavery

bambicat234's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Excrement, Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Blood, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Torture, and Trafficking

melissa_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

A realistic historical story about slavery. Dark,  difficult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexism, Slavery, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Murder, Trafficking, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Classism, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Child death

mmarquis1158's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A beautifully told story that will absolutely break your heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Slavery, Miscarriage, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent

lcg527's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Rape, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Slavery, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Grief

missleihzel's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-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

An emotional ride. A very realistic look into the world and experiences of enslaved people. Could not put this book down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Torture, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

zviews11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Child death, Excrement, Slavery, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Confinement, and Classism

foxowl2005's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Blood, Child death, Miscarriage, Death, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

This was a beautiful book but it was so hard to read. It's important to bear witness to these stories and  there were so many beautiful elements of what a mother will do for her children. Not an easy book and as with all books that center the narratives of slaves, please check TW if you have content you are sensitive to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery

butle2em's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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

4.0

This book is a graphic depiction for what life was like for enslaved people. It took me a long time to read through it because I needed time to process the torture depicted between the pages. While this book is uncomfortable and horrifying, I think it is important that white people read responsibly written slave narratives (eg researched, historically factual, written by Black authors) in order to consider the world we inherited and our responsibility in changing that world for the better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Gore, Violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Vomit