Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

49 reviews

elizestegeman's review against another edition

lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Light to read, lovely book to get into reading again. I like that it's a YA with 400 pages, that's new for me, usually they're about 200!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Racism and Gun violence

rafacolog's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death, and Cancer

dumplingscomet's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

3.5

On the plus side, I think it was a decently realistic depiction of a suburban teen life which didn’t conveniently forget that the kids had school at certain times and it was not difficult to follow and pretty engaging. On the minus side, most of the supporting characters could have used a bit more development to seem like real people and a lot of the plot developments felt rushed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Cancer, and Racism

Probably the biggest flaw of the book is that it contains the notorious black best friend trope. I feel like there was some effort to give Q a life outside of Frank, but it did not feel as significant as it should have. Mentioning why he goes by queue in the first place besides the fact that he doesn’t like being called Will would have been a good start

takeaim's review

emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

While the book's hook -- fake dating -- is a rom-com trope, Frankly in Love goes beyond the silly premise. It's really a coming-of-age story of a Korean-American high school senior struggling with the high expectations of immigrant parents, racism at home and in the outside world, ethnic identity and the disconnect of being a hyphen American, the estrangement of a sibling, the pressures to get into college, falling in and out of love. The depth of storytelling was unexpected but incredibly insightful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Classism, and Grief

bookbuyingwithkatie's review

emotional funny 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: Racism, Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Cancer, and Gun violence

chireadsandchill's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Vomit

abitbetterbooks's review

This book was just really not doing it for me. I’m not sure if the audio narrator wasn’t to my style or if the writing just seemed really juvenile, but I could already tell that this wasn’t going to be a 5 star (or even 4 or 3.5 star…) read. I do have the physical copy from a thrift store so I may pick it back up but… my hold for Yellowface just came in so I have other things I’d much rather read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

katebrownreads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Cancer, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit and Racism

marioosa517's review

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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Cancer, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent