Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

56 reviews

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cannibalism

Several instances of the N word, including within the first 10 pages.

elsie_n's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, and Slavery

potterpav's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.25

me rating this less than 2.5 stars seems like a red sniper's dot should appear on my forehead any moment now but frankly atp i do not care. credit where credit's due, i like how it was a story within a story (one of the things i liked abt frankenstein and kokoro too, i just think its cool to get perspectives within perspectives) and i like the brief sentences about the scenery but whewwwwww the rest of this book was heavy and sad and depressing. it was just depressing. its a classic and i understand why it's still so famous today but surely there's better texts about colonialisation to be read? i am waiting for the realisation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Death

dustypaw's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Murder, Cannibalism, and Chronic illness

pyrorchis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Colonisation, Slavery, and Violence

mine_gerber's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

saravsw's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Slavery, and Violence

cm93's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Racism, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

danielshelsel's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Slavery

anhedonia_n_anomie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, and Torture

Minor: Racial slurs