Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Beloved by Toni Morrison

221 reviews

singintina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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

Well written but extremely difficult subject matter. I will be thinking about this book for a long time but I can’t say that I “enjoyed” reading it. I’m glad I did as I think it’s an important part of American history to understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Violence, and Rape

thimbler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Slavery, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Rape

zara_razaq's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Incredible book. The writer nailed it. What a talented writer! This book will stuck in your mind forever after reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse

lavenderdolmeh's review against another edition

5.0

Toni Morrison’s Nobel prize was extremely deserved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Child death

inkyinky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This is THE American novel. If there’s one book you read before you die, let it be this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Hate crime, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

my_a's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Colonisation, Child death, Torture, Sexual assault, Blood, Abandonment, Murder, Grief, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Rape, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Incest

ekg's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Rape

odd_eye's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Racism, Slavery, and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy

afroheaux's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, and Slavery

mmccombs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I probably can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said about this book, but it was just absolutely phenomenal. Innovative, genre-bending, and beautifully written, I couldn’t put this book down. I started it on Halloween because all I knew going in was that it was a “ghost story,” and it is that but also so much more. It’s about the past and the future, about trauma and reconciling your sense of self amidst that trauma, what it means to be a mother, a man, and a sister when the people you love are taken away from you. This is my first Morrison but it certainly won’t be me last!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Death, Racism, Child death, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Pregnancy