Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

The Yield by Tara June Winch

4 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

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

traceyanderson's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

nonistoni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Murder, and Racism