Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Yield by Tara June Winch

26 reviews

babblingbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Murder, Violence, Grief, Racism, Colonisation, Child abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Child death, and Death

spinesinaline's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

The three narratives that the blurb alludes to are brilliantly used here: the MC August, who has returned home to her family for her grandfather’s funeral after leaving due to a tragic loss; her grandfather Poppy, creating his own dictionary to keep his native language alive and sharing stories through each of the definitions; and an immigrant pastor from the 1900s, whose perspective adds to our understanding of the treatment of Indigenous peoples in Australia throughout history and the land claims this family are currently fighting.

It’s a book about grief in more ways than one: more recent and past losses of family members, the horrific treatment of their ancestors and through that treatment, the loss of lives, culture, language, and land. Winch does not shy away from details so there are some very brutal descriptions in here, so do take note of the content warnings. I wasn’t surprised to learn this history but horrified all the same.

As someone who works in the archives and museum field, I also really appreciated seeing these institutions called out in terms of how they handle Indigenous objects and requests for repatriation to this day. Getting to experience the unfeeling policies from those whose objects are held, without consent in many cases, by museums and archives is a welcome perspective that more professionals should be exposed to in reconsidering these policies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Pedophilia

kieranyes's review

emotional informative reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

madetofly's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Colonisation, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Drug use, Child death, and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Racism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Police brutality

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Racism, Death, Incest, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Violence

penguinsquack's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Racism, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was very very good. It took me a while to get into it at first, but that was more to do with how I was reading it than the book itself. I love how this story is told, and feel like it's really valuable for anyone to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Slavery, Eating disorder, and Genocide

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, Murder, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child death, Alcoholism, and Cancer

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Ableism, Vomit, and War

bookishcori's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, and Grief

the_page_traveller's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Drug use, Racism, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder