Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

36 reviews

treesnpeace's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Beginning of the book was a bit confusing , but once I knew all the character - it was super beautiful. A mix of history about freedom fighters of Liberia and magical realism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual violence, War, and Violence

javafenn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book got a little confusing because I was listening to it so I couldn’t go back as easily and clarify what was going on. This book was also very difficult because of the brutality of being a Black person in history. I really loved the magical realism and how the stories all wove in and out of each other ending where it began. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Sexual violence, Slavery, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and War

tlaynejones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, Racism, and Sexism

bookishcori's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, and Racism

whatkathrynreads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark 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

Moderate: Slavery, War, and Violence

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Child abuse

mmefish's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death of parent, Torture, and Physical abuse

ktrecs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

sm_moon's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying

painausten314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Vomit, and Trafficking