Reviews tagging 'Grief'

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup by Solomon Northup

5 reviews

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

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

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

memorable's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

Must-read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Torture

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