Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Red Tent - 20th Anniversary Edition by Anita Diamant

19 reviews

emilyjeanne's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

smallredboy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

It's a beautifully written book; some parts were a bit of a lull and I didn't find myself liking them, mostly the sudden end to Dinah and Shelem's romance, but afterward the book took shape again and I found it really enjoyable. As much as I'm only woman-adjacent nowadays, the depictions of womanhood and mother-daughter relationships were really tender and I loved them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Men are bad and boorish and everything evil under the sun unless they can do their jobs as studs and pleasure women. Women are mystical beings whose biggest accomplishments are bleeding and birthing because that's the real meaning of Womahood™. A simplification of this wack ass retelling. I don't know anything of the author and I'm not a super expert on the Old Testament story (I did see José do Egito, a Brazilian biblical tv series/telenovela about Joseph's story lol) but I can tell there were choices made here that were just to shit on the tradition just bc she could but were kinda sus. That's within her artistic license sure but there was no profound commentary, just a very New Age, White Feminist take that hasn't aged well. There were a few good passages but overall it was a version of glorifying a type of Womanhood™ I really loathe. I only finished it bc it had the keyword in one of my reading challenges and was intrigued how she'd tackle some other points of the story but it was unbearable to say the least. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

kateausten's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide

breadwitchery's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Infertility, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Pedophilia, Vomit, Dementia, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

oatmealthegnome's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Misogyny, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Murder

sashafriese's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

rini's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

maggiemercutio's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

Very disappointing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Slavery, and Suicide