Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

145 reviews

the_readingfox's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Slavery, and Trafficking

keeper_of_dark_materials's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is hard to come to terms with, both by how it pulls from history and how it predicts the future. Atwood's writing style is brutish and in your face, but she uses it to make sure that you get the point she's trying to make. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Slavery, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

meursault_letranger's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

good book, characters somewhat flat and meant to represent a type of reaction to society rather than be full fledged characters, which is pretty common in dystopia and works well here. i personally loved the writing style but if you need everything to be linear and make sense it might not be for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Alcohol

isabellaizzyj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

jennino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

booksandlattesaddict's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility

isabelle_mace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

schnarlie's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Murder

anotheranomaly_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, and Classism

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail