Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie

7 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

Magical vibes, reminded me of The Bear and the Nightingale.
I think that a map would have been helpfull, as I was not familiar with all the names and places. Its a nice short story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Infertility, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

mkfreckles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

saintmaud's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

quite nice actually...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Death

Minor: Slavery and Fire/Fire injury

margaret_k30's review

adventurous informative fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Classism

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Minor: Xenophobia and War

careinthelibrary's review

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The blurred line between history and magic made this fun and enchanting. Probably not for the average reader but for history and folktales nerds, this is really cool. Felt like a story you'd hear over a wooden bowl of stew in front of a crackling fire with your hearth companions (or heorþgeneatas if you're fancy). 
There are some statements of anti-albinism, audism, and ageism expressed by characters in this. To me, it's meant to express the ableism of the harsh period where disability and age are seen as a burden on communities but heads up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Slavery, and War

Minor: Ableism

Ageism, audism, anti-albinism,

kjulie's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This is a poetic story about an Icelandic trader travelling through Europe and Western Asia in the early ninth century. His primary objective is to buy horses to bring back to Iceland, but this isn’t a story about trade. It’s also not a story about travel. I think the best description would be to call it a magical history. It’s beautiful and subtle, suggesting depth and tradition. There was, however, a bit of a learning curve while reading, specifically in regards to the names of peoples and places. Sarah Tolmie is a scholar, and it shows; she has provided readers with language that doesn’t immediately draw upon preconceived stereotypes or “historical” narratives. I found myself looking up certain place names in order to orient myself as I read, but it didn’t draw me out of the lyrical writing, and it made the reading experience even more rich. 

Thank you to Tor Forge and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: War