Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

6 reviews

readwithjacqueline's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Blood

cursiveknight's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

emquegeeaye's review

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

So the story started off a little slow for me. The story is interesting and catches your attention though. There are moments that were a little intense and hard to read such as the violence against the slaves. I put the book down with every intention not to finish it after the 4 chapter but after about a week I decided to give it a go again and I’m glad I finished it. I really liked Philip, Reenie & Sweets. Loved Mawu. She was so feisty. Now Lizzie…bruh! She drove me crazy. She was so delusional. And the cold part is in my opinion she thought she was better than the other slaves bc her master “loved” her and she “loved” him. She was not a good friend to the women or Philip either. She really made me mad throughout this book and I’m not sure if that was the author’s intention. But Lizzie was uppity, thought too highly and too low of herself of that makes sense and she was just too dumb for her own good. She took pleasure in knowing or being able to do something others couldn’t. She just wasn’t a very likable character to me. But I liked the story and I gave it 4/5 stars just because it moved too slowly for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Incest, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Sexual content

sfeinstein's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Pre-civil war story of four enslaved women brought to a "resort" as mistresses to white men.  There is the opportunity for escape but this means leaving children, families, and, for some, the emotional ties they have to their masters and lifestyles.  The stories are sad and heart wrenching though courageous and "complicated."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, and Physical abuse

zedohee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

relentless but not unyielding. 

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OR:
5 stars first read 2017

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Torture, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide, Incest, Violence, and Abortion

Minor: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Black women do not read this if you’re in a bad place. It will amply the pain x100

randisworld's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad 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

4.0

I was not enjoying the beginning of this book because of how hard of a subject it was. But as the friendship between the women emerged, I began to enjoy it much more. This is a difficult read that is heart-wrenching and sad. But the way these women had to navigate to survive is fascinating and there are many lessons to learn here. I ended up really liking it and I’m glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abortion, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual content and Child death