Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

22 reviews

breadwitchery's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Hate crime

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Infidelity, Addiction, Cancer, and Homophobia

mooncake8008's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow. What an amazing read. I was intimidates by this book when I initially picked this book up due to it's length and font size. But Wilkerson's ability to weave narrative and facts about the Great Migration is so seamless and it made for a very quick read. 

There is such rich history in this book. Definitely a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Slavery, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Murder, Infidelity, and Hate crime

mourtarymaggots's review against another edition

We were supposed to read this for class but after student complaints the district ruled it wasn’t appropriate for a high school class.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Torture, and Murder

Obviously a book about the Great Migration will include hard to discuss topics. This book does not hold back and is very honest.

alicianoel126's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Great book on a topic barely covered. Long and tedious read at times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

madetofly's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Slavery

caseydmc's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Exhaustively researched, comprehensive history on the Great Migration.  Narrative non-fiction is woven through the real stories of several individuals interspersed throughout extraordinarily detailed history, geo-political, socio-economic history of people and places. This is an entire collegiate class in post-reconstruction to civil war era migration in one book. Masterfully written.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Slavery

wlreed312's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

 This was absolutely fantastic. The narratives of the three protagonists were heartbreaking, awe inspiring, sometimes lovely and sometimes frustrating. They were all so deeply human. The history is fascinating. The writing is lovely and engaging. Wilkerson is a wonder. I don't often buy nonfiction books because I try to save my purchases for books I know I'll reread, but I think I'll make an exception for this. Truly wonderful, as is Caste.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Forced institutionalization

chloeml's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

While a little bit redundant at times, this book was a gripping take on life as a Black American during this time period. It was both extremely educational and engaging, with a narrative/story structure that kept the book from feeling like a history book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Classism, Death, Murder, and Slavery

eva_v's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

As a European I found this a very informative read regarding an important movement and period in American history. It also helps to explain much of the current problems and attitudes in American society. I was greatly inspired and moved by the characters and their difficult journeys, even though some parts were (very) hard to read. Would wholeheartedly recommend.