Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

18 reviews

screechie's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Any summary would be reductive and unjust. Well worth your time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, and Trafficking

elb22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

archiveofrasa's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

very insightful and easy to read. people always say "why didn't they fight back?" and my response has always been "why have you assumed they hadn't?"

my only issue is that I wish there was more, but I get that it's easier said than done. the pushback the author faced from trying to get the information she wanted was not surprising, but it's still so baffling how easily people refuse someone of their history and live in the 2020s (they're probably the ones filling up Instagram and Twitter comments with their vileness lol)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely essential reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Misogyny, War, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Rape

terahjay's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Suicide

farrahsoa's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Love the illustrations. Great mix of historical stories and personal anecdotes. Especially enjoyed parts about how difficult it can be to find records of slave revolts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Murder, Suicide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Death, Trafficking, Colonisation, Confinement, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Pedophilia and Child abuse

franklola's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Genocide, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, Death, Misogyny, Racism, and Colonisation

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I didn’t like the illustrations, and the layout of some of the pages made the words difficult to follow. But overall, it was both heartbreaking and frustrating to read about lost history and how it repeats itself today in racist patriarchy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Grief, Sexism, Gun violence, Death, Trafficking, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Child death, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, and Suicide