Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Never by Ken Follett

7 reviews

bass_clarinet's review

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Ken Follett finds a way to write everything perfectly the way this situation would happen: the main characters acted level-headed in their actions. This is what is terrifying about this book, it can feasibly happen. Even with the best intentions, people can suffer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Cursing, Gun violence, Slavery, Physical abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, and Violence

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

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

1.25

A bunch of people suck at being losers and decide to doom humanity rather than lose face. Also they pointlessly track drugs across Africa in a story that has little to no relation to the final part of the book. 

Straight up American propaganda, this book is admittedly probably rather accurate in how the world will be wiped out however that didn’t make it more compelling, it just made me angrier.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Colonisation, War, Violence, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Slavery, Racism, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

joey1914's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, War, Cancer, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder

generalnui's review

dark emotional informative tense fast-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: Misogyny, War, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Islamophobia, Genocide, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

sophia___'s review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

You know that John Mulaney clip where he stretches out his arms and goes "Okay-okay-okay-okay" as if trying to stop two sides from attacking each other? That's what this book feels like. It does take a while to properly set the stage and ramp up, but when it does it is nerve-wracking. Follet masterfully builds tense situations that first fill you with hope, a feeling of "okay, they found a way to solve this, it'll be fine", only to remind you that there's a few hundred pages left. At multiple points I had to stop reading for a short while because I was feeling overwhelmed by the escalating disasters. I would recommend this book to most people, but be careful if you're someone who gets stressed out easily because this is a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

camz's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

1.25

 

¡Felicitaciones a NUNCA por quitarle el título de “Peor libro de Follett que he leído” a La caída de los gigantes! Fue una contienda difícil, ambos candidatos dieron lo mejor de ellos por el título, pero al final solo uno podía ganar.

Ok ahora hablando en serio. No pude haber elegido un peor momento para leer este libro. En retrospectiva, debí abandonarlo, pero lo hecho está hecho. 

De todos modos quiero dejar claro que independiente del momento, nunca me hubiera gustado este libro, no es un caso de leerlo en el momento incorrecto, porque no creo que nunca sea el momento correcto para leer sobre USA siendo la voz de la razón. Los héroes luchando por la paz, mientras todos los demás  gobiernos son violentos y sedientos de venganza.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Slavery, Blood, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

charlottie93's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.5

This book was fantastic, it was really hard to put it down. I really loved the characters of Abdul and Kiah and could have read an entire story just about them two. 

The only issue I had with this book is that it really needs an epilogue. The ending is fast paced but I found it to be slightly disappointing, I really thought it could have benefited from an epilogue set a few years in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Trafficking, War, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape