Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The House Girl by Tara Conklin

6 reviews

carleyvictoria's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

The beginning of the book was so promising! I couldn’t put the first chapters down. And then the pace just…stopped. I almost didn’t finish it. There were many missed opportunities for character development (which was shallow at best) and plot development (or advancing the plot in general) that got lost in strange editorials choices and strange side storylines that were also never fleshed out. The author made some creative attempts at changing up narrative, but it ultimately was distracting and overdone (I ended up skimming and skipping most of these parts). I thought the story had huge potential but didn’t follow through, which was very disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault

askxtine's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

Beautifully written and told in two timelines. The past unfolds in parts as the current protagonist finds new information. It was so compassionately told with a lot of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Racial slurs, and Medical trauma

d0505's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

circe813's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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: Slavery, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

emakay's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Infertility, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

zombiezami's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book took me a bit to get through. I felt like the shifting from past to present didn't work as smoothly as I would have liked. But, as someone who is trained as an archivist, I appreciate the way that archival research (and all its hiccups and oddities) was presented. The twists were really heartbreaking and well-planned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Infertility

Abandonment