Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

70 reviews

catwomano's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Excrement, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture

corriejn's review

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

A story of an enslaved, mixed-race woman and the various choices people were faced with to try and improve their situations, retain their sense of identity and humanity, and protect their loved ones, within the brutal system of chattel slavery in the U.S. I appreciated the author's note at the end describing what of the main events/situations in the novel were inspired by real historical situations she'd learned of. Definitely not a light read, but a complex story and characters with personhood and agency.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Vomit

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

marypetrushko's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

_readwithleo's review

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Death, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Miscarriage, and Racism

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

bookrecsondeck's review against another edition

sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

beth_s0730's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Torture

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