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Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

57 reviews

tetrootz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Body shaming, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Rape, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

murve's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

clpaige's review

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Murder

jcb_iv's review

emotional mysterious reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

Told from multiple perspectives, all woven together to create a narrative that touches on loss of all kinds: family, friendships, innocence, love. But also shows the healing power of family - blood or chosen - and love. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

alpettit's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

This book was just okay, for a few reasons. First, the editing could have been better. There were some word choices that were inconsistent. The most jarring example is using the words “torch” and “flashlight” interchangeably. Second, I didn’t find Byron interesting or well developed. He was clearly an angry person and career driven, but his connection to the sea and his mother wasn’t entirely believable. Additionally I felt his story arc was haphazardly closed at the end when it wasn’t critical to the story. Same for Mathilda. No one needed to know what happened to her because the story was about Covey and her children, not Covey and her mom. I don’t under understand why the author chose to close Byron’s career loop and not Bennys (she’s still struggling). That brings me to my third point: the ending just fizzled. Unnecessary information/meetings (with Lin and his background on getting rich), no real emotion, and unpolished writing. Almost as if the author realized the book was about to border on long for this type of story and they wanted to wrap up. I might still watch the Hulu series. Maybe they’ll do a better job of showing the familial connections than the author did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Rape

ssimpss's review

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a fantastic historical fiction exploring the importance of heritage and our cultural roots, as well as celebrating our collective humanity. Black Cake details multiple generations of a family of individuals who have all face steep adversity and have had to develop strong senses of self. I felt as though the characters were well-developed, extremely vibrant, and most importantly, believable. I really enjoyed the expansive timelines and locations in this book, it takes you across time and across the Atlantic. I am very excited to watch the Hulu adaptation to see how it compares. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Murder, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, and Police brutality

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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? No

4.0

So much goodness in here. Lots of strands of stories odien disjointed but ultimately all woven back together. Could’ve used a better editor, but overall, an important story to tell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Biphobia, and Rape

ptoridactyl30's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Slavery

haleysversion's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Rape, Homophobia, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide attempt