Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy

6 reviews

asililydying's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Suttree should quit while he's ahead.

there is lots of gorgeous writing here, tainted by isms.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

sbgage's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality

seanm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

lovegriefandgender's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Tell me if I'm missing something, but the racist, misogynistic and homophobic language seems to serve no function other than being just a detail of Tennessee, and it's never criticised or commented upon really. McCarthy's prose, especially description, is gorgeous still. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Body shaming, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Classism, Grief, and Hate crime

metweedle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Semi-autobiographical novel in a discursive format that's quite different from McCarthy's now-famous capsule style. "Ulysses"-inspired to the point of namedrops, and a detailed picture into the southern Appalachians in the 1950s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts