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tracymichell's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Sexual content
crybabybea's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
aclark214's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury
aamie's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
mdal26's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
artemisg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and experience for ourselves. We must rely upon the words of others.
This feels like an essential novel. Through reading this, I came to understand things I didn’t necessarily enjoy. In this novel, we follow two different familial lines from Ghana. One ancestral line stems from a women who was married off to an English slave trader, and one from a woman who was captured and traded as a slave. The stories heartbreakingly mirror one another in some ways and are heartwrenchingly different in others.
If we go to the white man for school, we will learn the way the white man wants us to learn. We will come back and build the country the white man wants us to build. One that continues to serve them. We will never be free.
So much was stolen from the people in this book, and so much was stolen from enslaved people and indigenous communities in the slave trade. This book examines the prison complex and, segregation and drug abuse. It is also beautifully written, and emotional and important and everything to me.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
noahsingh's review against another edition
4.25
- Love a family/generational story.
-Colonial resistance storylines were really interesting.
-Felt like I heard some perspectives I hadn't heard before, and learnt some historical stuff about the exploitation of black people post-slavery I hadn't heard about before.
Ending was a lil disappointing to me tho,
Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
emilylovesgoodbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Slavery
bookdrunkard78's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation
badgergatan's review
Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Colonisation
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Rape