Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

3 reviews

jessi_lou95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Death, Colonisation, Gore, Sexual violence, Child death, Torture, Murder, Blood, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual assault

seph268's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? No

4.25

This was an exceptionally hard read; the story is gruesome and left me feeling angry, and a lot of grief. It follows a legendary Jamaican slave revolt, and sheds a light on the true nature of slavery in the West Indies. Marlon James tells a story of the struggle for liberation as a Jamaican man himself, using the native language and incorporating geographical and cultural references. 
This is a book that should be read if one is looking into West Indian history, as it references other revolts in other slave holding island colonies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Genocide, Pregnancy, Death, Misogyny, Gore, Excrement, Classism, Violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Blood, and Racial slurs

sereyn's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Colonisation, Death, Violence, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Excrement, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury