Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Middle Passage by Charles Johnson

2 reviews

ellefjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

Minor: Antisemitism

This book contains a lot of racial language as it is set aboard a slave ship in 1830 - the author is African American as is the main character and narrator of the story

seullywillikers's review

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is intense, but also funny. It brings up far too many thoughts, points-of-view, and perspectives to outline here, of race, racism, classism, humanity, and the bondage of the mind under relentless capitalism. Also, the main character meets a God. Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Colonisation, Violence, Death, Classism, Slavery, Child death, Racism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail