Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

20 reviews

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

I would give this book six stars if I could. What an accomplishment of worldbuilding and characterization 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Trafficking, Child death, Child abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

kalira's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I found this book not only incredibly interesting (such an unusual and creative base, and yet also so immediately immersive) but lovely and also painful.

Yetu's pain with her life and her people is telegraphed clearly, and it drew me in to her hopelessness, anger, and eventual grasp at escape - and yet the story also twines the reader into how Yetu is so badly torn even

when she does escape the fate that has been killing her

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As I read more and got even further wound up in the story - both Yetu's and of all the wajinru, I truly desperately wanted a happy ending, but also dreaded where the ending would actually take me.

I was, in the end, delighted with the perhaps-not-perfect but incredible resolution that managed to remove the torturous worst from Yetu as Historian . . . and to bring Oori with her, never to be left behind again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Slavery, Colonisation, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, War, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual content and Eating disorder

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Grief, and Slavery

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-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 novella reframes and provides a fantastical interpretation of what happened to the unborn babies of African women as they were forcefully taken from their homes in slave ships to exploit them. This atrocious moment in history is reimagined in such a lyrical and poetic way, while also being nonetheless extremely critical with white supremacy and the exploitation of black people. The combination of both aspects and the influence of African culture, create an emotional tale which maintains a special rhythm and conection with nature, especifically the sea and its power, that touches the reader deeply. The story focuses on history, but also love, community, shared generational grief, loneliness, hatred... A masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Racism, Colonisation, Death, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

adhdru's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

Adding a full review soon, but I first need to sit on this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual content

tesstellstales's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Racism, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery, Animal death, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

theotheleo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Racism

victoranna263's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Death

Minor: Trafficking

nyappytiramisu's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If I could give this book 6 stars, I would. Absolutely amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal death