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tina94's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.5
Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death, Religious bigotry, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Racism, Domestic abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Rape, and Child death
toffishay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Blood, Toxic relationship, Murder, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Death, Sexism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Incest, Medical content, Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Colonisation, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Classism
seawarrior's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Hopkins' prose is enticingly written, she excelled with providing imagery to enhance our understanding of the characters' emotions and their environments. This story can be described and viewed through the lens of multiple genres, as it progresses in directions that cannot be confined to a single one. In many ways Of One Blood is a product of its time, yet in others, its examination of racial identity and the social rules generations of the powerful have constructed around it are relevant to the modern day. I would recommend reading this classic, but also to find an edition that provides you with historical and literary context that you may find useful throughout your reading.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Sexism
Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Sexual assault