Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

57 reviews

kenz_reads_books's review

4.25

This was my first James Baldwin book and I absolutely loved his writing style. This was a very impactful, thought provoking, devastating book that explored some very tough themes. I kind of wish the book was longer actually. At the end I was left wanting just a little bit more. There were quite a few good quotes in here and I ended up tabbing them! I also listened to this on audio and the narrator was fantastic. I will definitely be reading more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

alsira98's review

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Antisemitism

charlieeew's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Antisemitism

brittrowell's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug use

lp961's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

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

Minor: Drug use, Police brutality, and Colonisation

brookesbookdaze's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Umm, hmm.

Thoughts…

1. I hated Fonny’s dad. The way he treated his wife and daughters… domestic violence… telling them they should sell their bodies to get their brother out of jail… that was wild. Literally, Fonny’s mom and sisters just seemed like they were just written in to have characters to hate. 

2. I was mostly on board with Sharon going to Puerto Rico until, she was basically strong arming the woman and demanding “you didn’t see him until you saw him in the line up” and trying to play on her emotions felt really wild and insensitive too. I didn’t like it at all.
- I think this swings around to the fact that the women were not written well or with any kind of depth - even Tish. I knew nothing about her other than being in love with Fonny.

3. The characters and situations seemed to be getting worse and worse through the book. Which I mean maybe product of the circumstances… but I still felt like some of it was too far.

4. Then the ending…!! I wanted to know that Fonny and Tish end up happy together, but I also get stories don’t always get nice and neat happy endings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

adeenal's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

storyphile's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Pregnancy

burnourhistory's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

amalas_bookstop's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

Ughhh! Books like this make me so frustrated in their realness. Even though I knew exactly where this was headed I could not help myself to feel hopeful and expect something different.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Police brutality

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content