Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

8 reviews

whatcassiedid's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? Yes

4.0

An in depth look at the life of an incredible woman, I really enjoyed this. Riley does a great job of showing the horrors of slavery without getting too into the gory details, which I appreciated. I did have a bit of trouble keeping Dorothy's kids straight as the book went on, but that didn't affect my enjoyment

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Incest, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

christinesreads's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Racism, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Death

tahsintries's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Incest, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Grief, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Genocide, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Death, Torture, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity and Infertility

liaandersson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Child death, Colonisation, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, and Trafficking

amerikanerin's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Incest, Colonisation, Alcohol, and Abortion

emzireads's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, Colonisation, and Racism

machenn's review

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Alcohol

amandas_bookshelf's review

adventurous emotional informative reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Incest, Child death, Colonisation, Misogyny, Slavery, and Sexism

Moderate: Antisemitism