Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton

8 reviews

gaynidoking's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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

While this is an extremely challenging read, it is a very good one. This book sat with me for a while, and it took some time for me to be able to sit down and write a review. The POV is extremely interesting and I found that having it from all the women's perspective at the same time (the book uses "we" as the POV) wasn't as distracting as I thought. The author manages to prevent this from resulting in shallower characters, and I loved all of the women in the book equally. Even the slave owners in the book, though I truly hated them, were fully-fleshed characters in their own rights, and there are a few times when we see the story from their POV.
This book is unflinching in its depiction of its source material. There is so much more than the summary plot of the pregnancies, as the everyday life of a slave in the US South was storied enough. This book definitely isn't for everyone. I had to read it in several sittings, and the ending shook me so deeply I had to take the above-mentioned time to let it sit before I could review it. But for those who can stomach it, it is an emotional and evocative read. I won't call it "eye-opening," because I already knew most of the atrocities that are depicted, but to have them narrated from a personal view hits that much harder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage

It is an unflinching depiction of slavery in the US south, with all the warnings that apply.

Several characters, including several main characters, are hung/lynched.

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Miscarriage, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Pregnancy, Slavery, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Abortion, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

summerlyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Child death, Violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death, Rape, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

leah_duncan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Racism

hillysreads'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

deidrelj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

The summary misled me but I’m not upset because I still enjoyed the book. A “rebellion” in my mind is an in your face stand against slavers but what these women did were smaller “wins” that allowed them to assert some authority over their own lives.  I really appreciated how they were given different backgrounds and beliefs. So often, stories from this era treat all enslaved peoples as if they originated from the same place. My main criticism is that there’s no build up to the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Racism, and Pregnancy

andlivloves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

kaylinvm94's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual violence