Reviews tagging 'War'

Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera

6 reviews

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, War, Slavery, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Violence, and Police brutality

leah_grace7's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Colonisation, Deportation, Slavery, Genocide, Murder, Hate crime, and War

flara's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

I've always been glass half empty kind of person, but this read has unlocked a new level of nihilism for me. It had me shaking my head in anger and disappointment, which in turn disturbed fellow passengers on my morning commute. Very depressing but much needed eye-opener.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Slavery

Moderate: Racial slurs, Torture, Death, Body horror, Genocide, Classism, Violence, War, Deportation, Gore, Racism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Xenophobia

lief_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, War, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

dtodd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

An excellent book on the British Empire that should be read by every school child in the U.K. and most adults too. Sanghera explores Britain’s relationship to its former empire in a way that is absolutely engaging, and firmly rooted in the modern day. Hopefully it will be one of many books that begins to fill the pitiful dearth of accessible books on this shamefully simplified area of our history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Slavery, Colonisation, Genocide, Racism, and War

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, War, Violence, Colonisation, and Slavery

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry