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She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

23 reviews

humanmosquito's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Child abuse

ktrecs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

professorbadger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

Another favorite novel of the dozens I’ve read so far in 2021. Lyrical language, interesting characters, a touch of historical knowledge, and a fair amount of straight-up action. Read if you like: Homegoing, classical myths, complicated superheroes, strong women, magical realism, historical novels, Africa. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Colonisation

blessing_aj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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

My goodness! What a grand imagination some writers have! 🤩 Wayetu Moore went over and beyond for this book and I cannot believe it took me this long to pick it up.

In this book, magical realism meets historical fiction to deliver one of the most brilliantly written stories I have ever read.  

Admittedly, it’s a bit tedious to read. Then again, isn’t it a popular saying that nothing good comes easy? A little patience and a mind that appreciates the art of writing is all it takes to enjoy this work.

I rated it 4.5 because it’s not the easiest book to read and I  wanted more from the ending. 😞 I appreciate the fact that writers are not magicians; yet I couldn’t believe I came all the way through to the end and I didn’t get closure.

Despite how beautiful and appetizing the storytelling is in this book, I know that not everyone will enjoy reading this book. 

So who should bother?

If you have read and enjoyed Kintu by Jennifer Makumbi and The Old adrift by Namwali Serpell, then this should be right up your alley.

The author narrated the audiobook herself and she did such a great job. A piece of advice if you intend listening to the audiobook is to have it handy in written format (digital/physical) because the nature of the story is such that will throw you off at the beginning of a new part. It will also help you understand what is being said in the native and Jamaican accents, in case you have a hard time with it as I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

annaamaralanderson1997's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, and Murder

carolinewithane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

montyroz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Slavery, Grief, and Murder

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

enbylibrary's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse and Xenophobia

Minor: Religious bigotry