Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

14 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

aus10england's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

3.5

Beautifully researched and told, I found the art style very busy and hard to follow at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, and Racism

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

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

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

A beautifully told and vital story that deserves all the attention Hall gives it and more.

I was not a fan of the art style; while Martinez's stark black-and-white images really capture the emotions of Hall's story, I do not like the way he draws people. Which, in a story about people first and foremost, was a big drawback for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Slavery, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Rape

balfies's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.5

A graphic novel, memoir, history, and historiography of a historian's investigation into slave riots that were led by women. 

The history itself is scarce, pieced together by scraps - but it suggests that slave riots occurred on 1 in 10 ships during the transatlantic slave trade, and the #1 thing that increased the likelihood of revolt was the presence of women on board. Hall pieces together and reconstructs a likely version of events for these women, giving them the agency and personhood denied them by history. 

It is, at the same time, an account of Hall's own research, and the modern day racist walls that stood in her way - white supremacist bureaucracy, forbidden archives, police escorts through the stacks where these sources are buried.

Evocative illustrations by Hugo Martínez filled with resonant imagery and metaphor bring these dual stories to life. This was a quick but very compelling read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

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