Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Promise by Damon Galgut

41 reviews

candournat's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Liked it but didn’t love it.

It’s beautifully written and full of metaphor but there was just something missing for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Suicide

sib_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, and Dementia

katie_elmer_english's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Body shaming, Hate crime, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mmtshali's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Incest

amyford's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

victoria_catherine_shaw's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

jhartsoe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Eating disorder

marnie17's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Racism

ladymirtazapine's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The ideas were much better than the execution. The first chapter, a quarter of the book, was barely readable, the second was brilliant, the other two were fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emmagrace's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Infertility