Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

203 reviews

letmetakea_shelfie_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

cmklaft's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

cerinr's review

challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Slavery

ttreglown's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Rape

nikootine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

5.0

A beautiful piece of historical fiction. I love how Jeffers connects the characters from the 1700s to those in the 2000s and in between. The writing is poetic and the story is gripping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

noteworthy_fiction's review against another edition

Should have read the content warnings first.  This book is VERY well written and I hope we get more from the author, but I cannot do 20 pages of child abuse in the middle of an already sad and trauma filled book that already included child abuse.  Reader beware!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, and Colonisation

joensign's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Colonisation

jesiareada's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Very detailed and you experience characters develop throughout time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

bhill46's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

This was one of the most heart-wrenching, emotionally-complex books I have ever read. This one will stick with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Rape