Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

383 reviews

tallywinkle's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

a beautiful, difficult, important book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

nessreadsalot's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book begins in the 18th century with two half sisters who have never met. One marries a white slave trader and the other is captured and sold into slavery. The story is written with each chapter following someone from each subsequent generation up to present day. 
The short insights into each characters lives and how slavery and colonisation has affected and shaped their lives are so well written that each chapter leaves you wanting more about that person's story. I found it a little difficult to keep up with who was related to who at times because of the quick pace of the chapters and in the audiobook there was no chapter title to indicate the move to another character. I have seen others mention a family tree is printed in the physical book which would be very useful to help follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Colonisation

summeryoder's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

It's an amazingly well crafted novel that spans decades and generations. While each family member's story is captivating, it's a bit disorienting to leave a character after just one chapter, never to come back to them. At times it felt that some of the brutality and sexual content veered into gratuitousness rather than being a necessary storytelling vehicle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual content

jordanglass's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Colonisation

zedohee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

the brutality never gave way to even a little bit of joy. i understand revealing the horrors but at times it felt gratuitous and didactic instead of truly meaningful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

antoniac's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

mr_ryancowboy's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Moderate: War and Classism

0hannah0banana0's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

10/10 the author managed to beautifully show us many generations and their lives and trauma in this book. This book made me feel all the feelings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying

sarah_js's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Beautiful. A heartbreaking and heartening story of a family broken into two lineages. A story of sacrifice, survival, impossible choices, and generational manifestations of trauma and resilience. Made me think a lot about the violence of cultural erasure; the privilege of traceable lineage; homeland and ancestors. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Colonisation