Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

James by Percival Everett

22 reviews

zsaleh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense

• 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: Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, Racism, Rape, Grief, Sexual assault, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War and Alcohol

juliasullivan's review

medium-paced

5.0

SO GOOD! Everett wrote this like the rent was due. The book gets harder and harder to put down the further you get; the last hundred pages are nuts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

usetheforcekate's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? N/A

5.0

I read Huck Finn in an English class in 7th grade. It made zero impression on me and I don't remember any of it.

This book I will remember.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Slavery, Trafficking, Racism, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Violence, and Torture

readswithcocktails's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

awebofstories's review

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Death

alexhaydon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Every time I read an Everett I end up saying it’s my new favourite 
😅 I haven’t read Huckleberry Finn but I’m desperate to now.
Without blabbering on, this novel was pacy, cinematic, tense and at times darkly humerous. A story detailing the lengths taken in order to protect ourselves and our family, the ones we love and the cost it all comes at. It was at moments absolutely harrowing, and in few others ridiculous. Vastly set upon the Mississippi River, the current was reflected in the novels pace and events. It displayed how the earth and land can be both a tool for survival and of destruction. At the end of it all, it was a tale of the enduring faith and fight of the human spirit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual violence

kizzy's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Drowning

djbobthegirl's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Rape, Child death, Sexual assault, Animal death, Classism, Violence, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

the_other_yvonne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

mph483's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is excellent and while I think I’m observant to injustices in the world and the horrors of slavery, it has led me to reexamine the way I think about the antebellum period and who I think about, most particularly creating a 3D view of the people of the period.  I can’t recommend it enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Racism, Slavery, and Violence