Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

4 reviews

book_bear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Fabulous book! Very good writing! It's about slavery, so of course horrible things were done in this book, so keep that in mind. It is still a wonderful book that opens your eyes to the lives of slaves and women in the late 1700s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Trafficking

gnomeo's review against another edition

slow-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

1.0

This was appallingly predicted. Stereotypical of the interpretation  of thesituation during the time of slavery into sentimental pap. I picked this book up in error. If you want to know about black history, this historical fiction will not give it to you. Of course, lovely happy ending for the black slaves and ‘effectively’ whites burned at the stake. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Not worth reading

booksanna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It was so intriguing and tense that I couldn’t stop reading. I wouldn’t say I liked it, but I needed to finish it because I needed to know the ending. But throughout the book all I was thinking who’s going to die next?

Half of the plot is just babies- having babies, making babies, birthing babies, dying babies, nursing babies, healing babies.

Also racial slurs and literally all male characters are trash people, except Will.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship and Murder

beetsnotbombs's review

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence