Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

11 reviews

moody_gobling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I liked the first half of this book better than the last half. The Christian interjection seemed odd and the ending conflict was rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Death of parent, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

capybara5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and Blood

corvidnothous's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny and Slavery

tinyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I CRIED FOR THIRTY MINUTES WHILE READING.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, and Violence

hellsploss's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

The beginning is extremely slow and a lot of it felt like you could shorten the length a bit. The really interesting parts happen at the end and despite being the main character I didn't really feel a connection to Omat or sad at any death in the book. The way Norse and Inuit mythology was woven together felt really thought out and I enjoyed it immensely. Overall I enjoyed this book despite it's flaws, it's 5 in the morning and this is the best review I can write right now, goodnight.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Blood

_annika__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I loved the story, but Brandr’s character was flat to me. Everything toward the end seemed to kind of get jumbled, and Brandr’s character made even less sense. This book also covers gender, race, and colonialism in… possibly not good ways? The author’s white, but the story is about Inuit, there is a lot of talk of Omat’s gender, and some other stuff. 

The story was fast-paced and never boring and I liked Omat’s character, but idk how I feel about the aforementioned issues were handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy

ojoh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.25

wouldn’t have picked it, read it for book club. Interesting overall, but many plot lines are left underdeveloped and there are so many characters crammed in at the end that it was not enjoyable. I feel the author should have consulted and named specific people from the marginalized groups she was attempting to represent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and War

emakay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Outing, Colonisation, and War

abutler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is incredible. The first few pages contain some of the most beautiful writing I've ever read. It's a tough read at times though- definitely check the trigger warnings because there are some painful moments. But it is a wonderful journey that melds wonderful myths and traditions together to make something wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent