Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

91 reviews

sailormar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Definitely one you have to really devote attention to - the prose is very poetic and sometimes requires a slow read to really get the meaning. But WOW gorgeous, beautiful, brutal, and imaginative. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Racism

apocalyptus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: Rape

teeclecticreads's review against another edition

This book is so boring and wordy. Why is it 800+ pages long on ebook and why do I still not know anything that’s going on? Also he used the word mulatto. No thanks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

fkshg8465's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Felt the way I do when I read Toni Morrison.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Abandonment, and Rape

cakrolik's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Racial slurs, Slavery, Classism, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

jhblahut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Slavery, Rape, and Trafficking

litliz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Racism, Rape, and Trafficking

mandarose79's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Racial slurs

lou_mac's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really struggled with the first part of this book- the story sort of slipped over me and I couldn't hold on to the characters and what they were doing, but something switched around the half way point. The story was engaging, I suddenly felt I understood the characters and really fell in love with the books magic. The idea of making the magic memory was beautiful to me, and it did make me have a little cry and points.
It was also fascinating to see a magic lens on slavery and the underground railway - and I think this book balanced the complexity and nuances of the underground operation beautifully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Death

liannaengland's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Racism, Violence, Confinement, and Slavery