Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem by Elizabeth Colomba

10 reviews

greywolfheir's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

streberkatze's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I love graphic memoirs, autobiographies, and fiction  inspired by them, and this book was no exception. I loved learning about Stephanie St. Clair and the Harlem Renaissance. The authors did a great job telling these stories without coming across as didactic. My only complaint is that some of the panels were a bit hard to follow in terms of what was happening in them, and I read graphic novels pretty frequently. I could have done without the graphic depictions of violence, especially of

the murder of one of my favorite characters

. But that says more about my personal reading preferences than the quality of the book. Overall a quick, intense, and imsightful read that sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole in search of more information. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

shay43geek's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

mysterymeenah's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Blood

Minor: Cursing and Antisemitism

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

 

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem is about the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair, a Black woman and legend from 1930's Harlem. I had never heard of Saint-Clair before having read this for book club, but I'm happy I read this and that I found out about her and her life. She was a bad ass woman and I really felt inspiration from her story and from the graphic novel itself.

I really enjoyed this reading experience

I'm giving this graphic novel 5 out of 5 stars.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

alpine_wilder's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sullivc5's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual violence

alyoops's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

mezzythedragon's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence