Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

30 reviews

isleofwoman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Rape, Slavery, and Racism

kaylaramoutar's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Death, War, Sexual assault, and Rape

rescudde's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Death

xenvirtue's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, War, Racism, and Rape

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

sartastic's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction

bgoodbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

2.5

This book surely is a slow burn with lots of character development. The story flips back and forth from slaverytime and post-Civil War time, with powerful characters and deep secrets throughout all of the characters. The community is interwoven so deeply that you never know how interlaced they can be. I rated this lower because I had a hard time getting into the story, I was hoping it would pull through for me but I still felt like I was waiting for more that I never got.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, and Rape

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture

nikkiei's review

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Hate crime

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

There was something missing from this book. Conjure Woman is one of those books where you know how it’s going to end from the beginning.

You know Rue’s Dad was lynched. You know Rue’s mom dies of a broken heart. You know the plantation is burned down

. These are all things you learn within the first couple chapters of the book. Conjure Woman is the story of HOW we got there. And what comes in. It’s a book that gives you an outline right away, then paints the picture with very intricate colors. I’m not a fan of this style of writing. Some parts are written in AAVE as well, which made it a little hard for me to understand at first, but after the first couple chapters with some solid AAVE, I got it :) Overall, it was a good book... but disappointing.