Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

19 reviews

ellieg2604's review

slow-paced

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

3.0

It was not what I expected, and was really hard for me to get into. I ended up enjoying it, but not until it was almost over and I finally understood what was happening. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Infidelity

thepostman96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide

genstrong's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Suicide, Hate crime, and Slavery

fatkingslug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

Minor: Homophobia

ohgull'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

3.75

I read this book for my Multicultural Lit class. It was an interesting read, definitely not something I would pick out for myself, but I'm glad I read it. I liked the main protagonist John and seeing his character growth, but it felt a little stifled. The second half of this book was basically just exposition on how the Grimes family ended up like this and why the characters are the way they are. I don't know, it had good material in it, specifically talking about religion and race, but I wish there was more plot in the present and not all of the action happening 20 years before the novel begins. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Infertility, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, and Suicide

annablume's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

impeccable writing, the first part was hard to get through for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Infertility

Minor: Pregnancy

grantsharpies's review

dark reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Grief, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

volcanogirl's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

This is a beautifully written book and an excellent example of James Baldwin's work. I enjoyed the prose more than the contents I think, but I also think that it's because of the limits of my own perspective. I have no deep personal connection to American evangelism, but I understood it just the same. It is a thoughtful, loving, incredibly human piece of literature and I think it's a very important book to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide

emzireads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, and Suicide

jennikreads's review against another edition

This is beautifully and skillfully written. I just couldn’t get past reading about so much religious trauma when I have religious trauma of my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse