Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Beloved by Toni Morrison

4 reviews

bearsiies's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Body horror, Death, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Incest

wornpagesandendlesscoffey's review

While I am absolutely certain that this book is phenomenal, it is not one that I was able to get through unfortunately. I was aware going in that child loss was a theme, but I was wholly unprepared for the way that that seem would play out within pages of this book. I will absolutely try another of this authors books at a later date. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Blood, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Incest, Murder, and Slavery

lclaer01's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

A challenging read both intellectually and emotionally but incredibly rewarding (I could say that about every Toni Morrison novel I’ve read, but it’s especially accurate for Beloved). I would recommend reading a few other novels by Morrison before diving into this one so that you’re comfortable with her style—Beloved still has Morrison’s gorgeous prose but the narrative is not presented to you in a neat package, so it can be hard to keep track of what’s happening. This is a book to savor and read over and over again throughout your life so that you can take note of the details you’ve missed and new discoveries made :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Incest

The book revolves around an event involving the main character

Spoiler

attempting to murder her family (and successfully murdering her daughter) so that they are not brought back to slavery

. Descriptions of rape are brief but repeated throughout the novel. There is a big focus on the scars left from the main character being beaten. The book describes the main character being

Spoiler

raped and beaten while pregnant as a slave and describes her pregnancy/giving birth while she is running away

. Multiple characters have sex in the book, and there is a brief mention of a minor character being a victim of incest and giving birth to a child who is a product of incest.

balfies's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Child death, Death, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Grief, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Blood, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Gore, Genocide, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Abandonment