Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

35 reviews

cakrolik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Trafficking

seagullsaga's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

deeofbkb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Plot holes and the summary didn’t match the storyline 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Vomit

sydresnik's review against another edition

adventurous 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Toxic friendship

isaaah's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Trafficking, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ledichose's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

One of the things I most enjoyed about this book was the mother–son relationship or, rather, the development of Devon’s role as a mother. While there were moments where the book seemed transparent as an allegory, I felt it was an original concept, and, as a sci-fi book, it didn’t have a lot of techie bleep bloops—an approach to the genre that I prefer. What I would have liked was more development of other characters and their relationships to Devon, especially Hester and Ramsay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

imds's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

yaelaed's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

catriona176's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

captainsillypants's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Slavery and Trafficking