Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

46 reviews

forrestalexander's review against another edition

funny informative reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, and Death

salon3ly's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.25

holy shit!!! holy fucking shit!!! i was tugging along, unimpressed, and then i got to act vi and was completely blown away. what a joy to read with biting commentary & delightful ambiguity. i started reading with a distaste for the screenplay formatting but it caught on so quickly. i think some of the anti-Blackness/comparisons of asian oppression to Black oppression was lackluster, misplaced, and in bad taste  for me, but overall, a lovely read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Racism

coe's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Violence

galexy_brain's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Classism, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

unboxedjack's review

emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

angelaaaa's review

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

erica_palmisano's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

5.0

So clever, so fun, so imaginative, so insightful, so good! I devoured this book in two gulps and wanted to read it again immediately. 

The audiobook was great, too, with special music and nice stylistic touches by the narrator.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

qtcarolyn's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Dementia, Racial slurs, War, and Gun violence

glorytowers05's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

ivylee's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

In the world as it currently stands, reading about the experiences of people who are unlike yourself is vitally important. This book is a really intimate and personal look at what being an Asian American is like, which is something I personally could not experience myself. Open and honest but couched in metaphor that keeps the whole thing quippy and moving pretty quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence and Xenophobia