Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

89 reviews

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Abortion, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

jessalex610's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Initial reaction: I love the message of the story. And I was really rooting for Adunni and her resilient spirit.  But I had some problems with the pacing, especially towards the end. I feel like we could’ve gotten so much more out of Adunni’s character development and especially with Miss Tia’s relationship but I feel like it was paced too quickly. It made a very beautiful, liberating relationship just seem very forced and confusing. basically as soon as we transition from Ikati to Lagos, the Lagos portion just felt…off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child abuse, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I am sure this will sound like slander to most, but this book was difficult to get through for me. It was a bit slow-paced for my liking. I know it stands for important things, and for that, I appreciate it. However, I did not really enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Infertility, and Rape

Minor: Abortion, Cursing, Miscarriage, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Blood

mdking's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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

3.0

I did not enjoy this book.

Firstly, it was incredibly dark. It was page after page of sorrow, abuse and trauma. There was a bit of light offered at the end, but for me it didn't offset how challenging the rest of the book was.

This book captures the harrowing experience of those in modern day slavery, and it is indeed harrowing. If you want a book to enjoy, this is not it. 

Secondly, there were so many issues raised in this book that were unresolved. Without spoiling what they are, questions raised about her life at home, work and associates remain unresolved. 

It took me months to finish this book because it was so bleak. I can't honestly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Rape, and Child abuse

rworrall78's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

Beautiful, such wonderful language and such a lovable main character. I adored this book. I listen to the audiobook and the narration was excellent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Child abuse

torturedreadersdept's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infertility, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Violence

puterica's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Rape

helhas3letters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, and Abortion

Minor: Chronic illness, Vomit, Blood, Terminal illness, and Animal death

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Uplifting but in flashes shot through what is a sad story of continual abuse and neglect. Adunni is dedicated to getting an education and will stop at nothing, which makes her an admirable heroine for young readers. It's written in dialect, which I found a bit challenging BUT that is not meant as a criticism of the author or Daré's use of dialect; it made the story much richer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Slavery, and Trafficking

smkelly1997's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Overall, a really good book with beautiful writing. However at ti es it often felt slow. The ending was magic though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Bullying, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Misogyny, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape