Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

73 reviews

marygrabul's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

susanatherly's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: War

charliebites's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, and Colonisation

serenedancer's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Well written interesting story. There were parts that I didn't quite love (like the common references to domestic violence without it being seen as wrong) but I felt like it was included as it would have been historically. I liked the way it was written.

It is definitely slower moving but it still works well. 

Also, if you're having issues with the way it's written, I found that the audiobook helped there. It helped me if I hear it read out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Minor: Racism

carsten_moment's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

Their Eyes Were Watching God follows the life of Janie from childhood to her forties through three marriages. As Janie grows up, she learns about who she is and what her reality is like. With an interesting structure and down-to-Earth characters, this novel is replete with more philosophy than expected.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Rape

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is beautifully written. My first thought was, 'this prose is kinda purple.' But actually it is gorgeous and not over the top.

This type of story doesn't appeal to me straight up, but the writing and the characters pulled me in. I didn't cry, but it was a near thing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-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

I think this is a hard book to rate for me. It’s very well written, I liked the prose and themes a lot! I loved how feminist it was for being published in 1937. A great story about a Black woman's struggle for independence. It’s an important book as a touchstone in African American history. I don’t think that slow family dramas in lit are for me, tho, so it wasn’t exactly for me, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape and Slavery

edenmb21's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Grief

anxiousbeauty96's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

This is a great book. This novel follows the story of Janie and her 3 marriages. All of Janie’s husbands are misogynistic but Tea Cake seem to be the one who truly loves her and loves him as well. Their story his heartwarming MOST of the time. Some of the things he did were questionable, but you can tell they loved each other. The ending made me cry.
I like that Hurston decided to to write the dialogue in Southern dialect but it did make it hard to read at first. Once I got the hang of it, it got easier. It’s a great read. I highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

readersbutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

A story where Janie’s own terms of love are set and fixed by her and her alone, and in that way it’s revolutionary. Beautifully written, and an ode to the cultural color of the south and its mighty strong women’s wills. It’s a coming of age story as riveting as anything modern. It warmed my heart to read it and know that there was someone as frilly-natured of a writer as me in the 1930s. You’ve got to live to have a life worth loving, and you’ve also got to love to have a life worth living.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Grief, and Murder