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Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe

31 reviews

meganmustachebeard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Incest

linda48's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Genocide, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Gore, and Torture

vcoutant's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.0

Intense FMC goes through a heinous before to get to a badass after to end at a promising now

Great, complex main characters

Especially loved the audiobook, the difference in diction between before and after

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Incest, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

rinku's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Genocide, Physical abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Rape, Blood, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy

mamaofperfectpayton's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Slavery, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Racism, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Death, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

n2lexualmynd's review

The graphic descriptions of traumatic events was too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

amyisreilledup's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

Fast-paced, interesting characters. There were a few points in the internal dialogue of the character where it felt a little less engaging. But, the plot moved and put the character in situations that showed their internal conflict well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

wellreadsinger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

Our past experiences and the pain that may come from them undoubtedly impacts us. The obstacles in Nena Knight’s life tried to break her, but instead it gave her a solid foundation in becoming the woman she’s meant to be. 

Yasmin Angoe successfully crafts an action-packed, intense, and emotional story with a black female assassin who is in a battle with demons from her past. Taking a cinematic type of approach similar to authors like SA Cosby, I found myself almost instantly becoming invested in how Nena’s story unfolded. This medium paced thriller novel will have you turning the pages faster than our MC can take out a target. In addition to being a story of redemption, family, love, and sisterhood, it is also a celebration of the vast African diaspora. 

 The alternating POV between Nena’s past and present do an excellent job of keeping the reader invested while also providing background on our MC. However, it was a small setback when it came to a major plot twist in the book. If the author used an omniscient POV in a flashback for a certain character, it would have made the buildup of their identity reveal more impactful. Now did this ruin my reading experience? Absolutely not, but I almost thought this aspect was a major plot hole before I realized how it does indeed coincide with the storyline we were presented with. 

The author has won me over with her vivid storytelling and detailed fight sequences so much to the point that I’ve already downloaded the sequel to my library so I can continue with Nena on this journey. Highly recommended for fans of Salt starring Angelina Jolie or The Woman King  starring Lashana Lynch! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

metchap's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, Genocide, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, and Sexual violence

sweetdee27's review

dark 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

3.5

This is a dual timeline book. Half is told when Aninyeh was a child. Half is told as Nena is an adult and an assassin. When she was a child, her family was murdered and she was trafficked. The story when she was a child is brutal and a bit disturbing but the author seemed to make pains to handle it with sensitivity. It is important because it made her the strong woman she became. But when her past comes back to haunt her and all she is trying to make for herself, Nena must decide who is worth saving and how far she will go to save those she loves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, and Torture