Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

155 reviews

ncm5228's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

This book was something I couldn’t look away from. It was powerful, and vital, and heartbreaking, and beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racial slurs, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Medical trauma, and Domestic abuse

Self harm is not a common topic in this book, but if it is triggering to you please be careful while reading “The Art of Influence” in Part 2

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Blood, Death, Gore, and Sexism

Moderate: Self harm, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Cursing, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs and Religious bigotry

hottamolly's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Blood, and War

Minor: Rape

rosebee00's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Rape and Transphobia

jonezzzing's review

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is a masterful examination of American incarceration through an abolitionist lens. 
The footnotes were unexpected and a beautiful and heartbreaking way to weave reality into this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Minor: Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, and Racism

aleyajo's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So enthralling! Excellent critique of the prison industrial complex. You cannot truly love if you have ownership over another. Masterful blend of the real with the almost-real, akin to the Handmaid’s Tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Mental illness, Police brutality, Self harm, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Murder, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

catdogcatdog's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

“I thought of how the world can be anything, and how sad it is that it’s this. “

I read this book last month, and it’s on my mind often.  It’s particularly chilling how little had to be changed in the world this story takes place for televised prisoner death matches to feel so plausible. 

I was struck by how realistic the reactions of people with different relationships to the “sport” felt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Racism

joensign's review

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Police brutality, Racism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Child death, Murder, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

wormgirl's review

dark sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, and Self harm

Minor: Slavery, Police brutality, Suicide, and Rape

jegan4's review

challenging 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? Yes

4.5

Prison-industrial-complex meets the Hunger Games. If you can’t read violence than this definitely isn’t for you, however, the violence isn’t celebrated, but is used to demonstrate how close we are as a society to this dystopian story.  I personally liked the different POVs throughout, and actually wished there was more background on some of the characters (like Hendrix and Simon J. Craft). The footnotes did take me out of the story from time to time, but I also liked the extra information. I’m glad I read a physical copy and didn’t listen to an audio version, as I’m not sure I would have liked audio with the footnotes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Sexual assault