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Reviews tagging 'Slavery'
La bibliotecaria di New York by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
13 reviews
dev921's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism
leannanecdote's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Hate crime, Sexism, Slavery, and War
passionatereader78's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Racism
Moderate: Slavery, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death and Abandonment
kaycie51782's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
This book covers a lot of deep topics, and it doesn't hold much back. Be warned: there blatant racism, misogyny, heavy alcohol consumption, abortion, abandonment...
My main criticism of the book is that it's told in first person, but it very deliberately and overtly points things out. I think telling it in omniscient third person would have felt less like I was hearing a summary than a story. It's like in video games where the next person you need to talk to is highlighted, the author basically points and says "Look at this" instead of molding it into the story.
The book is less about what is in the library (though it is discussed) and more about how she loves through the world carefully, deliberately, and choosing to hide in plain sight. It was a fascinating look at life in 1900s New York as a woman, moving in orbit around the ultra rich (Morgan, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, etc.) but being constantly terrified of having it all taken away.
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism
bel017's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Writing from a first person perspective when the character was a real person is tricky, and I have no idea why I found it more difficult in this book compared to *Half Life* (Marie Curie, where the author imagines both her actual life and an entirely fictional life) or *Z: A novel of Zelda Fitzgerald*. Still, an interesting subject and a fascinating life.
Graphic: Racism and Antisemitism
Moderate: Slavery and Abortion
Minor: Violence, Vomit, and War
readsbyrach's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, and War
readbycarina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Medical trauma, and Abortion
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Antisemitism, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent and War
bookcasey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Bullying, Slavery, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Alcohol, War, and Classism
ashleyreads88's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Abortion
Moderate: Infidelity, Antisemitism, and Alcohol
Minor: Slavery, Death of parent, and Abandonment
remie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Alcohol
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War