Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Yield by Tara June Winch

16 reviews

libscote's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This book was slow-paced, but worth the read. It weaves together three different stories about one place in Australia. Two are Indigenous people, and one is a missionary who thinks he is there to do good. The three different stories give you a look at Indigenous life in Australia, which has the most endangered Indigenous languages in the world. When you read about what happened, you might think, "that's awful, but it happened over there." I can promise you that just as bad things happened to Indigenous and Black people in America.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Racism

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Pedophilia and Murder

jkreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This book was breathtaking. A story about a woman losing and then rediscovering herself, her family, her culture and her home. There are no words that I could use to do Tara June Winch’s writing justice. This book is truly a work of art. Books often make me feel emotional (it’s one of the things I love most about reading) but rarely do they have me in proper, streaming-down-your-face tears. This book did that to me. It was a million feelings wrapped up in writing so beautiful that I never wanted it to end. An easy 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

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

kieranyes's review against another edition

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

droggelbecher42's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

While it did take me a long time to read this I still think it's a very interesting thing.
The last 5 chapters were my favourite, I feel like that's where it all came together, before that I had a hard time distinguishing characters from each other and how their related to each other although that might be in part due to the long breaks I took in-between reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Racism

Moderate: Slavery, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual assault 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

davidup_15's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-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

4.0

A very important and beautifully written novel. The characters are vividly realised, and the intersection of their stories is interesting. The family tenderness is palpable on every page, and the focus on Indigenous Australian language is intriguing. This book also massively increased my respect for dictionaries!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Racism, Rape, and Racial slurs