Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

4 reviews

singingshooter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Racism, Gun violence, Gore, and Trafficking

soniajoy98's review

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Classism, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Torture, Cursing, Genocide, and Sexual content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, War, Slavery, Stalking, and Hate crime

aseel_reads's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

Pretty disappointed with this one. The premise should be right up my alley but in practice, it really fell flat. The 'romance' felt forced, the writing was a bit jarring, and I don't really understand all the plot twists and reveals that happened 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexism, Death, Colonisation, Slavery, Racism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Police brutality, Classism, and Blood

mamacita88's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Violence, Colonisation, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Genocide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery