Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

4 reviews

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

This is a hard book to read. It goes into great detail about what the female slave (Main character) has to deal with throughout her life.  If you are not prepared to get immersed into the horrors of slavery, I would suggest not reading this book.  If you can handle it, this book is eye opening and should be, in my opinion, be read at least once by every adult.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Rape, Excrement, Slavery, Torture, Sexual content, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Child death, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Intense detail about the horrors of slavery and the experiences of a female slave.

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Slavery, Vomit, Child death, Rape, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Gore, Grief, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Excrement, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Classism, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, War, and Mental illness

tayloremmap's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.5

I really enjoyed Pheby’s story, but I felt like this book was just a check-list of plot points that could have been fleshed out more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Racism, Rape, Torture, Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death of parent, Excrement, and Sexual violence

zormal815's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and War