Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

103 reviews

freshbatchofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I know I rate a lot of books 5 stars, but this is probably in my top 5 of this year

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Medical trauma

gailsage_thomps's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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: Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Hate crime, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Infertility

s3lin's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

mgdsmile's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Whitehead takes the reader along on Cora's journey through southern states on what she hopes is a path to freedom. The Underground Railroad is tense, expectant yet sobering. The railroad is a thought-provoking element.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault

belle2008's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, War, and Vomit

maeverose's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Violence, Racism, Murder, and Genocide

Moderate: Slavery, Racial slurs, Torture, Colonisation, Child death, Abandonment, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content and Animal cruelty

scenic92's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Violence

cheyneflynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I got lost sometimes but I did really love the storytelling 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Bullying, Child death, and Pregnancy

vickif_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Rape

stellamcvey's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Never has so much happened in a book and I’ve felt no big reaction. I guess the issue for me is that it was so intensely episodic that it was really difficult to get attached to any of the side characters, so when they died I didn’t really care. As an exploration of the horrors of slavery it was extremely effective however and that was when the emotional stuff hit hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, Torture, Blood, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, and Confinement