Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Dry by Jarrod Shusterman, Neal Shusterman

5 reviews

aiplusyou's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

probably not the best book if you're in a place where you can't think about large scale disasters, but a solid read nonetheless. i do wish some of the characters had more of an arc and i also wish henry wasn't a character at all, but i think especially if you're from or have spent significant time in california, this will be a heavy but fulfilling read for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Classism

graciffer's review

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

fucker can rot in hell. yall know who im talking abt. WARNING. this shit is a tough fucking read. its really fucked. like be prepped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Classism, and Gore

housedominic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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

This is probably the best book I’ve read this year and it was written four years ago. It was so thought provoking and real. I could not set it down. The writing style is perfect. If you love a good thriller, found family, morally grey characters, and apocalypse stories then you have to read this!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Classism, Cursing, and Death

abrose2001's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

I hated this book. It's the "humans are the real monsters" trope that's all to prevalent in all apocalypse style media. It was too unrealistic for the amount of realism they tried to put into it. The two main male characters were sexist pigs and the one relatively decent group of people was not enough community bonding and true human spirit for me to get over the rest. The ending is semi-satisfactory, at least. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Classism, and Sexism