Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

31 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

bookdrunkard78's review against another edition

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

4.0

Loved it! Forever interested in the parts of history that get erased and the voices that are silenced. It's important to me to seek out those stories/histories and be a witness to the forgotten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death

Minor: Racism, Violence, and Rape

thebookworm_queen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Absolutely brilliant, from the design to the title and the history. The design features parallels and mirrors that add another layer to the story telling
Hall tells the untold stories of women slaves and I admire her bravery and determination as she went to great lengths to find their history. I found myself becoming livid and crying as I read about their history, please read care.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Slavery

elizabeth_1898's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Murder

miblette's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Violence, Slavery, Suicide, Hate crime, and Colonisation

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

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Colonisation, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, and Trafficking

Moderate: Racism and Violence

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

masterofmusix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

This book tells an incredible story. It provides a visual depiction of what the slave trade actually looked like. It describes the story of the authors journey to find the truth about her ancestors past. It is as dark and haunting as it is illuminating. Rebecca Hall is a hero for writing this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, War, Gun violence, Racism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Genocide, and Sexual harassment