Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill

6 reviews

spylita_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A truly beautiful book following the story of Aminata Diallo and her experiences in the transatlantic slave trade. Hill has crafted a character and story that are unforgettable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Slavery

raaahella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

An amazing book that I am so glad to have read. This is a book I would watch if there was a movie. 
Aminata was amazing and so many horrible things happened to her and she survived. She is a very inspirational person and I am sorry to have not found out what ever happened to her son. I enjoyed the relationship she had with May. Though Chekura was a very unique person in all he suffered through and for some poor choices in his youth. 

It was very interesting to hear how she ended up in England and Africa again too. And hearing about the start of the abolitionists and how they started the movement is interesting. It was terrible how the Witherspoons were very much the white savior type. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: War

joshlegere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Slavery and Xenophobia

bethanyalexis's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent

c12h22o11's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

trinityjoy_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail