Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Native Son by Richard Wright

36 reviews

morenowagain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

hyeto's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Rape

rinasangel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Rape

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Jordan Peele has nothing on the mind that is Richard Wright. I do not know if I was completely ready to read this black horror, but at the same time I am glad I did. 

The way Richard Wright was able to write a character like Bigger, whose only accomplishment is becoming what the world thought of him is heartbreaking. There were no winners or losers in this story, it completely showed how we all fall short and the consequences that come from that. 

Parts of this story had me holding my breath, and the panic and fear bigger felt throughout this whole story was so well written you could not help but feel it.

This book is a solid 4.5 stars. Very well done, but at the same time unfortunate that this needed to be written. A must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, Rape, Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Antisemitism

njlb's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

4.25

wow. an uncomfortable, confronting read but an amazingly well-crafted exploration of race relations in 1940s America

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Antisemitism

thatone2112's review

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Police brutality

dustghosts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexism, Racism, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gore, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

trisha_clay's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is heavy. It’s exceptionally well written but very, very painful. I felt sympathy for many characters in this book. Bigger is not one of them, though I felt aghast from his life circumstances. There are echoes of this book in Invisible Man, and at the same time they are very different. Max’s speech towards the end of the book is important. Ultimately, I feel disgusted by our country’s choices that mean you could tell a very similar story today. We need to face that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Racism, and Murder

eengland's review

dark slow-paced

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

5.0

Not an easy read, but well done on all aspects. First half is B R U T A L. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Rape, Gore, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

voicenextdoor's review

dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, and Racism