Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

4 reviews

breadbummer's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Very interesting, very informative. As with any audiobook, it can kind of up in the air regarding how the narrator adds or subtracts from the story being told and, while it was given a distinguished and serious tone, the reading itself was a bit dry. Worth reading overall, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Animal death, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Sexual assault, War, Violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion and Cannibalism

arinheck's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gore and Torture

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Animal death, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, and Antisemitism

erynlasbelin's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Miscarriage, Classism, Death, Murder, Rape, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Body horror, Sexism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Colonisation, Misogyny, Torture, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

arachan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.5

A very ambitious book, trying to cover persecution of witches from 1485 to the trial by public opinion of Stormy Daniels. It does make for some deeply depressing reading, covering the farcical trials of the social outcasts and the affront of the powerful. 
This book definitely reads as a passion project. Gibson clearly knows her subject intimately and tries very hard to clear away the titillation factor that so many accounts of famous witch trials lean into.
An interesting, if depressing, read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Colonisation