Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

69 reviews

softbun's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Trafficking, and Excrement

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Alcohol, and Torture

Minor: Body shaming, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

comeundun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

anaiira's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a tragic but beautifully written story. It's so obviously well researched and thought through. In a long string of tragedies, Daiyu stands as a beacon of resilience, as someone who deserves much better than she got, as someone who struggled to learn, to grow, to transform, not just because of the unceasing tide of adversity against her but to overcome as best she can, to make her life one that is meaningful and whole for her.

I thought the book was full of gorgeous lines and descriptions, from beginning to end. Even the way that the author describes the ocean, "the cotton roar of the beach... the sea breeze one exhale around us" or the way she describes the relationship of Daiyu's parents "the tides gently pushing them towards each other... an imperative from the water". I appreciate that the author includes trafitional stories, after all, in 4000 years of history, there are stories aplenty to include, but she also chose to retell a small personal one, about a grasshopper that the main character inadvertently tore apart, about how it was a lesson to be more gentle with the world, to do better, that not all the beauty of the world needs to be plucked and held in the hand, sometimes it is good to let it go.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Colonisation, Trafficking, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Violence, and Sexism

ceciibunnii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Trafficking, Rape, Gore, and Death

kmetzing's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Trafficking, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Hate crime

lese's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

regans's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Racism, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, and Torture

Moderate: Police brutality and Gun violence

Minor: Excrement

j_hornick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Kidnapping, and Confinement

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Deportation, and Vomit

sapreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A lyrical, dark historical fiction that uncovers a dark part of US history. Events take place in both China and the US and depict the intimate story of the main character as well as the larger story of Chinese immigrants during the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. It is fiction based on a mysterious truth uncovered in an archive by the author. Beautifully written and tragically executed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, and Trafficking