Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

19 reviews

snakeling's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Slavery, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

Minor: Child abuse

leahhhtaylor's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

i really hoped this book would be better after reading square of sevens. i feel it sort of got lost in the middle and then came out with a sort of undercooked ending. but i’ll give her other book a read to determine if this was just an unfortunate flop! and maybe i just should write off all books using the hard r for my own sake

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Slavery

alexrafinski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.25

This is a fast-paced whodunnit with quite a convoluted plot (or plots really) set in the late 18th century.  Slavery features heavily and the author doesn't shy away from giving full details of the horrible lives they led and the things that white people did to them.  In fact the book is full of people doing nasty things (not just white on black).  A bit too over-dramatic for me (e.g. big storm coincides with the denouement near the end).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Racism

heatherymakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Racism, and Rape

ronanmcd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

An exciting, tense look at a reproduction of the massacre that turned public opinion in the UK against slavery. It does a good job of looking at the various viewpoints around the trade and the massive trauma it induced.
Use of the n-word by the less savoury characters, and the drawing a line on racism at the time of abolition aside, the book tells a good story but very much from a white saviour viewpoint. That the hero is a man of the crown underpins this. Nonetheless, it's very entertaining, evocative and in its way informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Child abuse, Blood, Racial slurs, Murder, Mental illness, Genocide, Sexual violence, Torture, and Slavery

carysn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racism, Gore, Sexual violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, Colonisation, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, War, and Blood

khall123's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Gore, Violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, and Racial slurs

lostingothicmusic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Child death, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Violence, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racial slurs

A difficult book to read.

shelfofunread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcohol, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and War

gurofl's review against another edition

I just didn't enjoy it. It was a bit difficult to get into, and there was something about the narrator's voice that made it difficult for me to hear all the words. I think I was a bit bored, and all the gruesome details of torture and slavery made me not want to continue with the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Slavery