Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Flicka, kvinna, annan by Bernardine Evaristo

52 reviews

kathrinellis's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Such a fascinating book, beautifully written and covering many important, yet challenging topics. What also stands out is that there are no points or exclamation marks, as well as direct dialogue - luckily I got accustomed to it after 100 pages or so. 
Also massive respect for finding an immaculate way of connecting so many stories and characters ( you’ll get the relationships after a while)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Deadnaming

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Abandonment

Minor: Deadnaming and Slavery

gaylien420's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars, because the characters were a bit confusing,there were too many for me to follow, but i liked that they were all connected somehow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Slavery

rosalind's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fatphobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Death of parent

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

kpharoah's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

ks19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

scripturient's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

lilacsophie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Cancer, Slavery, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, and Mass/school shootings

sararegan's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I picked this up and when I got started I was like ‚bleh complicated stories about being human, just gimme sci-fi‘ 

However, by about a chapter through i couldn’t really stop. The characters are so vividly depicted it’s one of those books that - despite having a huge cast of protagonists - everyone feels very memorable and I was never wracking my brain trying to remember who was who. I liked that because when the circles of each character budge up against one another it gives you a little thrill to be seeing the character you just read, from the perspective of another. I also like how well the author portrays characters from the perspective of others; it brings so many of their flaws to light that you feel like you’re getting to know them all over again with fresh eyes. It was a great read and very expansive in its cast and the breadth of time covered. Can’t wait to pick up another book by Bernadine Evaristo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Slavery and Xenophobia