Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

14 reviews

lucyselim's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was truly a case of 'it's not you, it's me'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Sexism, Death, Hate crime, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

lkbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming

chaoticlesbian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Colonisation, Chronic illness, and Blood

jowmy4's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Biphobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

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