Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

51 reviews

fedorasommora's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? No

5.0

Absolute perfection

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

scorpiaa's review against another edition

Character story lines echo another ghetto ballad of SA, pedophilia, crack addictions, drug related deaths, racism and sexism with no character catching a break. Excessively detailed recounts of SA to main and side characters seems unnecessary and border on trauma porn. Started out interesting and engaging with mentions of abuse being semi manageable to read throughout but the frequency mid way and the continual unraveling of characters and repeated abuse became unbearable to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Abortion

Didn’t need detailed accounts of slaves being sodomized and bleeding, children getting r*ped to death

bookishvanessa's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Abortion

brynalexa's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Perfect. It’s a rare long gem that deserves to be so. I loved making small discoveries throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

lns6519's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence and Abortion

aashton93's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

I absolutely loved this book. I normally don’t like to read books about black
Trauma. I like to escape when I read this book was beautifully written. It had so much history and connection. It focused on real family ties and generational trauma. But also the overcoming. Highlighted the importance of storytelling and family history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and Colonisation

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is probably the best book I’ve ever read in my entire life. The author has a way with words and combined with her extensive research, she weaves an immersive fictional but realistic tale about a multigenerational family–mostly seen through the eyes of the main protagonist (Ailey) from childhood to adulthood. By the end of the book, I felt like I knew these characters after experiencing the highs and lows with them. I enjoyed reading every bit of this almost 800-page masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Sexism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

noteworthy_fiction's review against another edition

Should have read the content warnings first.  This book is VERY well written and I hope we get more from the author, but I cannot do 20 pages of child abuse in the middle of an already sad and trauma filled book that already included child abuse.  Reader beware!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, and Colonisation

all1thegr8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

A beautiful tale of one Black family’s lineage and a woman’s growth into fully understanding her roots. 

Incredible writing and storylines. Jeffers makes great use of 797 pages; although the book is certainly long, it’s length feels appropriate for the depth and vastness of its contents (creating meaningful storylines for over 300+ years of characters & discussing themes of their life is not easy!)

Think I will need significant time to digest this novel. While it’s depth and vastness can be an asset, these qualities can also make it difficult to discern critical takeways, at least immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Classism