Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

119 reviews

aljackson's review against another edition

The slow pace, changing perspectives, and poetics made the story difficult to follow and get into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

atamano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Trafficking, Homophobia, Murder, Slavery, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Death, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Excrement

babeinlibrary's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Homophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

peachani's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-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: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Death, Excrement, Suicide, Cursing, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Alcohol, Genocide, Infertility, and Sexual content

mackenzienoelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

The audiobook narrator was incredible. It’s hard for me to judge how fast or slow this book was just because audiobooks go really fast for me. Strong strong content warnings on this one but it was so beautiful and important to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Sexual content, Trafficking, Genocide, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Rape

Moderate: Sexism, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Transphobia, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

burnourhistory's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, and Body horror

fluoresensitive's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

4.75

You ever read a book that fills you with so much Black rage you think you could burn down the entirety of the United States, like really just light a match and torch it all, let this whole imperialist pisspot of a country roast? Oh, okay.

There's more ants than there are grasshoppers, by the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Death, and Blood

botanbibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Colonisation, and Death

ladygetslit's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

This is a powerful book filled with so much pain. It’s definitely worth reading, but I can’t say that I enjoyed reading it. My main complaints: there are so many characters and they each seem to want their chance to shine, which is not my favorite style of storytelling; also, the whole book felt very heavy-handed, like it was trying really hard to be Important Literature. I would’ve enjoyed this more if it focused purely on Isaiah and Samuel’s relationship, or even a comparison between them and their ancestors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Violence, Colonisation, Blood, and Sexual assault

yvespiders's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

Though this is an emotional and challenging read, I love how Robert Jones, Jr. crafted this painful yet tender love story. He also seems to make references to things we see today, yet manages to maintain the authenticity of this historical fiction's time period. I fell in love with the female characters and was moved to tears by the two main characters' genuine love for each other.  
 
This book is a reminder not only of the trauma of white supremacy and slavery, but also of how hateful, colonial religious indoctrination feeds into the already existing greed of oppressors, and sadly can make us fight against our natural tendencies to love ourselves and others.
 
Like I said, this is not an easy book to read, so you might want to consider looking at the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racism, and Violence