Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Tjenestepiken til Omicunlé by Rita Indiana

4 reviews

dreareads_'s review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

More like a 3.5 for queer Latinx ✨

(My review is a message I sent to a dear friend of mine about the book)

I have many thoughts! But mainly I think it was a very purposefully unnerving story that forces you to be uncomfortable. I didn’t like the trans rep in the beginning (tbh I think this is an overall issue of a cis person not understanding transgender people (although idk if it was the author or the translator at fault)).

A very interesting approach to the history of the Dominican Republic. The combination of Caribbean indigenous and African religions wasn’t my favorite. Almost a bit orientalist tbh.

But overall kind of love how uncomfortable it made me feel from the characters, to the political commentary, to the ending. 

A very unique experience

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

rigeloutinspace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Colonisation, and Classism

This book is a challenging read and tackles a lot of challenging stuff, but i found it educational, thoughtful provoking, and inspiring. Was hard to put down once I was in it.

hfrancesh's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal cruelty

caitlin_waddick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Colonisation

Great writing Complex plot Fabulous time travel. More to say later when I update the review.