Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup by Solomon Northup

13 reviews

centurylore's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Death

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Because it was written in an older form of English, it took a moment to get into the rhythm of it. It helped having watched the movie first, which I admit I liked better than the book. Anyone who excuses slavery as something that happened because it was acceptable at the time needs to read this book to see there were people aside from the slaves themselves who knew and acted on their own moral authority. The “kind” slave owner is a myth to appease White guilt and fragility. Books like this are important to keep our history straight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Slavery, Torture, and Blood

haileyeh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Confinement and Violence

taylor1997's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Slavery, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

ruffian23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Violence

mblanke's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, and Animal death

erinrlreader1994's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

Wow, just wow. Quite a heart wrenching account of a man striped of his freedom and sold into slavery. Very sad but good to read! Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs, Slavery, Racism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Violence

nellkristen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Dementia

rietbelmans's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Physical abuse