Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

16 reviews

amalauna's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, and Slavery

bunceyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Colonisation

rbsinger's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, and Slavery

kerri_m's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Part object study, part social history, Miles masterfully applies historical records and extant evidence to support a constructed look at the potential lives of the three women we see a glimpse of in Ashley's Sack. I think it would capture public interest and academics equally. The book, or at least the introduction and ending essays, should be required reading for every archival student and researcher.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Racism, and Sexual violence

atamano's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Slavery, and Violence

book_fish's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

This book is like a museum talk by a really smart professor. Lot of cool info, but definitely wordy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Slavery

ortizzyy's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

willowblack09's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Sexual assault, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, and Classism

booksnooksandcooks's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is currently at the top of my list of non-fiction books I've read this year.

Miles combines historiography with storytelling to mesh together a beautifully heartbreaking tale of slavery. While working with the limited archives regarding Ruth Middleton and her ancestors, Miles entwines accounts and narratives from other enslaved individuals to present a side of history not often told.

Truly, Miles' writing is a sobering reminder that many Black individuals are lost to history because of the racism this nation has perpetuated. With simply a sack, she delved into a lineage of women and attempted to bring their history forth with the limited information she had. Furthermore, her connection to modern events, especially in regards to typically feminine crafts, continues that line of storytelling through art to today.

Amazing book and I would highly recommend this to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Rape

antonique_reads's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Sexual assault