Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

6 reviews

jelliestars's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Racism, Ableism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Classism, Racial slurs, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Medical content, Vomit, Alcohol, Murder, Abandonment, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Minor: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, War, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Body shaming, Excrement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Confinement, Cancer, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Trafficking

evelix's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

Okay so… I became really connected the characters (especially Harriet) as the book progressed, which I think DT has a talent for. It definitely felt like I was jumping into the LIVES of the characters, not just the plot, which I have felt reading all of DT’s books. The descriptions are beautiful and the writing is clever. Also, the child’s voice is used SO WELL and the shifting of narrative voice between characters is very very good, a great used of unreliable narration. BUT, there are some things that are kind of hard to ignore. There is a lot of using racist and ableist slurs, which I get is typical for the time period but DT really doesn’t make any meaningful comments condemning the prejudices of the mainly white cast. There are several diverse characters but they are not treated with the same depth or respect as the protagonists, and it feels like the issues of racism and ableism are brought up in passing but not discussed with the respect they deserve. I understand that these topics are not the point of the book, but then why bring them up SO MUCH (and it is a LOT)? The ending was also so abrupt and I felt like the book was soooo slow-paced until the last one hundred or so pages. I don’t mind slow books, but sometimes the pacing felt awkward. It was also just very cobfusing in parts, which might be my lack of understanding, but I guess the ending just annoyed me because it felt like it didn’t really resolve much. I think this book will definitely stick with me, especially the family and characters who I felt like I got so close to, and also because of the incredibly dark subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Ableism

quinn24's review against another edition

I fell into a reading slump but i’m definitely going to come back to it at some point 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Grief, Racial slurs, and Animal death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Vomit, and Racism

lief_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Addiction, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Confinement

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Vomit, Medical trauma, Grief, Gun violence, Animal death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Child death, Classism, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexism

ariane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Xenophobia