Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

84 reviews

amyrandles1's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The setting is magical, it is so easy to picture and appreciate. 
The atmosphere in the first third (?) of the book is wonderful, and I’d quite like another book explaining the location and each statue, but that’s a big ask. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

mateoj's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

i usually like to take fantasy as it is without trying to shoehorn it into a metaphor for something "normal", but this as a metaphor for trauma and depersonalization (actually, is it even a metaphor? it's pretty explicit) is so good and makes me so sad. how piranesi was happy and felt safe and peaceful in the House but matthew rose sorensen was terrified and betrayed, how piranesi could not recognize himself as being matthew rose sorensen but as a vessel that matthew rose sorensen was inside, sleeping... i need to lie down

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Slavery

admiralsmall's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

A book that deserves analysis... that plays with ideas of ancient philosophy, belief, and what a text is... but is also a critique of powerful men in powerful places doing whatever the hell they want for the sake of themselves. 
It was such a page-turner as well. A book that should have felt dense and dull... just plagued my thoughts all day long... I absolutely adored it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse

erandle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Slavery

li_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Excrement and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Violence, Vomit, and Gun violence

kvran's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Slavery

sfkrug's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Slavery, and Toxic friendship

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Slavery, and Toxic friendship

jreadsaround's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder, Violence, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gun violence

nyoom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Suicide attempt