Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

40 reviews

claudia_bow's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

halcyonkathryn's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Vomit

inhale_exhale_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

 Wow, this was brutal at times to read (trigger warnings for just about everything), but it was such an incredible story. I kind of wish that I had read the Author's Note first, instead of at the end, because she talks about the true stories that inspired her writing and how she started researching. This book was fast-paced with incredibly well-developed characters and a world that is described with such meticulous detail that you will be surprised when you look up from your book and realize you are actually just sitting in your living room. Even though it is painful at times to read, the stories of these characters are so, so important. I would love it if the author would turn this into a multi-generational series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Infidelity, and Misogyny

simpleexplorations's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping

booksbykb's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

katjoyphil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

spellboundchapters's review against another edition

dnf p.156/288
I don't think this is a bad book, it just wasn't for me !
The beginning of the story was really fast and I was really enjoying it, even though I wished that it went a little slower. But then I hit a point where everything felt very slow and repetitive. All the characters outside of Pheby seemed one dimensional.
There was also a lot of graphic violence and I felt like I was just reading a succession of rape scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Excrement, and Vomit

roemsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly well-written and heartbreaking. The content warnings are abundant with this one. I was moved to tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

carolinebrooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• 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: Violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

simonereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Excrement, Child death, and Blood