Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Sold by Patricia McCormick

16 reviews

grammy1013's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

Young adult book but for older teen

wildadventures's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Rape, and Child abuse

gemstonejasper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.25

This is an absolutely heartwrenching story about a young girl from Napal who is sold into sex slavery. It's told in the form of various poems. It was a really eye-opening story about a horrible topic. It was painful to read about the experiences of this young girl and others like her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Medical content, Confinement, Rape, Child death, Pedophilia, Slavery, Child abuse, Classism, and Drug abuse

author2223's review

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content and Torture

Minor: Suicide

missgrangerr's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Rape

fieldofhats's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Read for Young Adult Literature.

This was not an enjoyable book by any standard. Was it good? Maybe, I guess. It brings awareness to a serious issue, although the medium in which it does so feels very odd to me. A “Young Adult” book this graphic is not appropriate for most people in the target age range. Surely there are some, maybe even many, teens who would be able to handle this book, but not enough to justify the book’s label. It’s good to bring awareness and talk about these issues to young adults — but that’s it. There’s no need to throw them into the thick of it. It puts unnecessary stress and anxiety onto them. Furthermore, as a teacher of English and literature, my job is to help young people fall in love with reading, and this book may just do the opposite.

This book is fine for adults and above, but not for an audience younger than that. I cannot recommend this book to its target audience in good conscience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Body shaming, and Violence

ladykatka's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book will make you uncomfortable and sad but it's necessary to have an eye opening read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Child abuse, Rape, and Violence

bash5617's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Rape, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Trafficking

liv_k's review

dark informative 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Slavery

autumnwhite's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Trafficking