Reviews tagging 'Racism'

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup by Solomon Northup

27 reviews

lay_kone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Violence, and Trafficking

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

writeasiread's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Kidnapping

rebeccaz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

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

whisper88's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Grief, Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Racism, and Torture

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

anxiousplanter's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping, Gore, Violence, Slavery, and Trafficking