Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

46 reviews

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape, Gore, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Trafficking, Excrement, and Slavery

angelkisses's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape

leahisdudish's review against another edition

3.0

 i love an unreliable narrator

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Body horror, and Murder

sandrasa's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

emilo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Racism, Colonisation, Classism, Violence, Sexism, Self harm, and Miscarriage

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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: Drug use, Racial slurs, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Medical content, and Medical trauma

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, and Suicide

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.25

False advertising to call this a wlw romance bc the book absolutely examines how Frannie should’ve stayed the fuck away from Marguerite bc that white woman’s hypocrisy ruined Frannie’s life. Amazing and solid  storytelling of racism, slavery, and black womanhood in colonial Britain however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Medical trauma, Slavery, Racism, Drug use, and Abortion

Moderate: Sexual content and Rape

2treads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

"No one knows the worst thing they are capable of until they do it." 

Collins really put in the work to research and present a story that explored more than just plantation life and what it meant for slaves. That Frannie was chosen as a test subject by two white planters to see how far they could stretch and assess her intelligence. Using her as their instrument of torture against her own in a macabre dance of discovery to prove unfounded and incorrect perceptions about Black bodies.

We move from the plantation in Jamaica where Frannie is nothing more than a way for both Langton and his wife to exercise their spite and hateful beliefs to the manor of Benham and his madame where she is yet again positioned as a piece for either to use. Here, Frannie falls for the beautiful mistress of the house, ignoring all the signs that here lies her destruction and end.

These phases of her life are told to the reader by Frannie as she awaits trial for murder. Slowly, we uncover just what took place in the coachouse and how Frannie felt as she committed these unspeakable acts to how she maneuvered between a spoilt and depressed white woman and the man who wants to control both their lives. 

A really well-written debut.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Racism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Racial slurs, Murder, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Body horror, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit and Abortion

ranaberry's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Dark tale of the interplay of human relationships in the context of the the cruelest institution  of mankind: slavery . Written passionately by an enslaved, then “employed” Jamaican woman. A very moving and achingly accurate account. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Slavery