Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Caste: The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson

81 reviews

cnjg88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Deportation

elizas's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

jurgbury's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a must read to better understand America and the world and how we are set up in our caste systems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Violence

randisworld's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Amazing book. All Americans should read this book. Everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny

micaelamariem's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

 found this book to be very educational, motivational, and eye-opening. It was interesting, though brutal, to learn the full scale of the history of caste in america and how awful we can be as humans. I think everyone could benefit from reading this. However, though I agree with Wilkerson on everything including the politics of today, I can see how it might polarize people to where they’d miss the point she’s trying to make. I also think the cohesiveness of the narrative could have been better. Still, overall a great read of a dark history and startling present! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

caseylovett's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Colonisation

elisalasater's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Medical trauma