Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

16 reviews

baghaii's review

adventurous informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Rape

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death

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

dpearson5257's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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

4.0

Though this was long, this is probably one of the more entertaining and story gripped historical fiction I’ve read in a while. I loved Dolly’s story and her strength and perseverance throughout the whole time. And constantly refusing less just because she was black and because she is a woman. Really enjoyed this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: 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

stuff4bd's review

challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

After reading the book I still have no better understanding of who Dotty was as a person or why she did the things she did the way she did. The plot was like pins on timeline of major life points with no real explanation or understanding of the day to day. What I did learn of her made her seem unlikable, selfish, and hypocritical. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Incest, Slavery, and Child death

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

hayy6747's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Sexual violence, Incest, Slavery, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship