Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Una vita come tante by Hanya Yanagihara

74 reviews

missantelope's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Dysphoria, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, and Vomit

Read in small doses when you are in the right headspace. A very good book, worth taking it slow, and not binging in one sitting.

soumya_singhal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Colonisation, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

hanpate's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, Car accident, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Torture, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

thebookfetishist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A highly interesting read on a person that never wants to get better. Yet, I had my issues with it. For one, the portrayed abuse was sometimes very unrealistic. 

I do not believe that every single (male) person Jude came across in his childhood wanted to r*pe & abuse him (referring especially to the part with the truck drivers). Statistically speaking it just doesn't make any sense, although I'm fully aware of the fact that this kind of abuse happens way more than we first asume.
Also, his very first boyfriends character seemed very fanfictiony & super unrealistic. I feel like his motivations to abuse Jude were really unclear & the fact none of his friends noticed the severness of what was going on baffled me because in my understanding it was established that they (especially Willem) kept a close eye on him and knew him generally speaking well enough to notice the slightest bits about him being off.

Nevertheless, I can say that a lot of the characters grew on me & to this day I sometimes have to stop in my tracks to allow my thoughts to fully circle back to them for a few moments, before being able to resume my mundane daily tasks :). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Slavery, Ableism, Child abuse, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Eating disorder

larny10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Dementia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Violence, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

agd77's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Chronic illness

Incredibly sad, not a lighthearted read in the slightest.

dirkerezekiel's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Barely any relief. Bring tissues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kirsty_irwin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Drug use, Body horror, Addiction, Ableism, Abandonment, Stalking, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Cursing, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Dementia, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Rape, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Medical content, Homophobia, Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Car accident, Biphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing, Acephobia/Arophobia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

Minor: Dementia, Incest, Miscarriage, Car accident, Outing, Cancer, and Child death

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

<SPOILER>
I Dnf this because I was skimming through the book and got to Willems death scene. I cannot grow attached to these characters and have them ripped away I will die

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Racism, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gore, Addiction, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

shashi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Una giostra di emozioni. Prosa magnifica. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Drug use, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Ableism, Addiction, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Violence