Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The White Girl by Tony Birch

11 reviews

owlbookhouse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Suicide, Racial slurs, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

plutojette's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Racism, Genocide, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Suicide, Police brutality, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Ableism, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Antisemitism and Alcoholism

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Murder, Racial slurs, Stalking, Animal death, Suicide, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Antisemitism and War

black_hellebore_reviews's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

White Australia has a black history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Police brutality

lottiegasp's review

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

Well-written and emotional

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Racism

bookb1itch's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Colonisation, and Racism

Moderate: Cancer and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racial slurs, Death, and Rape

theblondebird's review

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

roreads28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

It was a bit slow to get going but I found myself rooting for Odette. I’d wished that farmer Cane and the police man got what was coming to them but I guess that’s reality/life that they didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Rape and Racism

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Rape

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Colonisation, Genocide, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, and Antisemitism