Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

El ferrocarril subterráneo by Colson Whitehead

108 reviews

maeverose's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

scenic92's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Murder

cheyneflynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I got lost sometimes but I did really love the storytelling 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Child death, and Pregnancy

vickif_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Body horror, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

stellamcvey's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Never has so much happened in a book and I’ve felt no big reaction. I guess the issue for me is that it was so intensely episodic that it was really difficult to get attached to any of the side characters, so when they died I didn’t really care. As an exploration of the horrors of slavery it was extremely effective however and that was when the emotional stuff hit hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

jayecard's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Genocide, Medical trauma, and Colonisation

hannah_cau's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault

the_readingfox's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

blessing_aj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

A solid book and one for keeps, reminding the world of the horrors of slavery.

It’s wider in scope than some of the works of historical fiction I have read in the past, as it goes beyond the plantation and successful escape trajectory to highlight the use of black bodies for experiments and the targeted sterilization of purportedly free Black people in North Carolina.  

The storytelling is great and I appreciated the multiple POVs even if I didn’t necessarily like the fact that some of these POVs kept popping up after the fact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual assault, and Slavery