Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

15 reviews

mariavdl's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

this story was so poetically written, it was beautiful to read.
it wasn’t too long, the perfect time to tell the story as needed without dragging on.
annis’ story is just so tragic and you think it can’t get worse but it continues to do so.
although difficult this was a really important read; exploring a young woman’s perseverance through loss, grief and insurmountable odds, with magical realism interwoven through the pages to provide hope and guidance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.25

Thanks to Scribner Books for the free copy of this book.

 - LET US DESCEND takes the framework of Dante's INFERNO and applies it to the story of a young enslaved girl. As you might expect, this book is dark and often horrific read, but in Ward's hands the story gives us both the beauty and the pain of Annis, the people she encounters, and the landscape she inhabits.
- This book is a study in the many forms grief can take, both on personal and community-wide levels, born both out of pain and love.
- Personally, I wished for a little more detail on the spirits Annis encountered, but that might just be the sci-fi/fantasy reader in me, I always want more there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

willa_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

this is a beautifully written book. it is incredibly sad and my heart hurt while reading. incredibly well done

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lcg527's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Kidnapping