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Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Rape
Minor: Death of parent, War
How strange a world, how strange an existence, that one’s equal must argue for one’s equality, that one’s equal must hold a station that allows airing of that argument, that one cannot make that argument for oneself, that premises of said argument must be vetted by those equals who do not agree.
Well-crafted, intelligent, emotionally full, funny and satirical. It’s hard to put into words how cleverly Everett shows the injustices of a society that allows and is built on slavery - not just the abuse but the lack of dignity, even if a black person passes as white, even if they’re passing as white while pretending to be black to entertain white people, even if they escape to a free state, etc
It plays with language and code-switching in such a cool subversive way. And obviously the theme of writing, storytelling and names was powerful. I really really loved the relationship between James and Huck.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Rape
Minor: Alcohol
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Slavery
Moderate: Child death
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Classism
Minor: War
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War
Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, War
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Dysphoria
Minor: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, War