Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood

4 reviews

oliviakent's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

Beautiful, harrowing, haunting. A book that brands you with searing rage, heartbreak, and a new sense of raw, wild sisterhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Vomit

_christinadevin's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.5

I have never ranked a book so low, that was awful. I think I hated it so much because it was about like, how terrible it is to be female and yeah no thank you. 
PS. If you have any sort of triggers, don’t read this, it would be easier to say what it doesn’t have 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Death, Animal death, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Cursing

hyacintaos's review

challenging dark informative reflective 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

Having read this book as part of a university assessment three years ago, The Natural Way of Things quickly became one of my favourite novels of all time. I think it does a fantastic job in portraying what it means to be a woman in Australia, especially one who finds herself unwillingly caught up in the scandals of men. The physical isolation of the story’s protagonists mirrors the emotional turmoils of being unwillingly silenced and forced against speaking out about cruel treatment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexism, Violence, and Slavery

hanleest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion