Reviews tagging 'Violence'

This Place: 150 Years Retold by David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Katherena Vermette, Sonny Assu

22 reviews

nadia's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

A great short story anthology! The graphics were beautiful and I learnt so much about this part of history.

It's more vignettes into different parts of the Indigieous peoples history in Canada as opposed to your more traditional short story, and though I was hoping for the latter, I very much appreciated what I got!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

daniellekat's review

challenging emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Genocide, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, War, and Murder

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Genocide, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

qqjj's review

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

barbarella85's review against another edition

informative reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

nodogsonthemoon's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Forced institutionalization, War, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

ehmannky's review

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

4.75

I'll be real honest that I know very little about Canadian history beyond the very early days when it intersects with America and I knew even less about indigenous histories in what is currently Canada. But this graphic novel is absolutely lovely. It covers historical figures, stories like wendigo, and imagined hopeful indigenous futures. Some of the text in some of the stories were a little hard to read for me, but otherwise it's gorgeous look at the ways in which contact was the beginning of dystopia, and a look at how indigenous peoples have always resisted and will always resist until healing occurs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

pam_'s review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Violence, Grief, Police brutality, Blood, War, and Racism

wrenny03's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

A truly wonderful book. Educated me about a variety of indigenous issues I had heard of but didn't truly understand. It shows the reality of the brutality and hardship indigenous people in north america face but intersperses it with moments of hope, joy, and little victories that mean the world. I would recommend this book to absolutely everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Child abuse, Police brutality, and Violence

valeria_balzan's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

As it's common with anthologies of short stories, some are better than others, but overall all take on different moments in history where Indigenous people and communities were wronged.
The art style of all the stories is simply amazing and it shows that there has been a lot of love and effort put into this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death

Different trigger warnings for different stories, but this is overall.