Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Pirates! by Celia Rees

4 reviews

blissofalife's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A pretty quick listen, well developed characters and relationships, with a meandering plot. I wasn’t convinced by the love story side-plot, but it wasn’t annoying. Overall an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Stalking, Classism, Death, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexism, Alcohol, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy

covergirlbooks's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Alcohol

bookthief404's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

As someone already obsessed with tyrannical pirate stories, and who devours any pirate media possible, this was a perfect story about a girl running away to become a pirate. 
I have had this book on my shelf for years and only just picked it up, thinking it was for much younger children. I was wrong, this book is certainly only for high schoolers mature enough to handle the topics of slavery, SA, Gore and general human cruelty. 

I enjoyed the story of the two girls, and SPOILER- 

the only thing that really bothers me about the whole thing is how they split apart from each other at the end. I've decided to ignore that part and let Nancy live happily ever after on the Island with her sister and found family. She was basically over William at this point anyway, with a little more growth she could certainly take a partner from the island, if she thinks it necessary.

Despite that I loved the adventures this book led me on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Slavery, Racism, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

stagehand_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Stalking, Death, Violence, and Sexual violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, and Alcoholism