Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Seep by Chana Porter

38 reviews

sinslashcos's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Sexual content

anaheeta's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

If I had a penny for every time I read a book that was a metaphor for grief (of a loved one) in the past few months, I’d have two pennies, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Grief, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Suicide, Alcohol, and Child abuse

shebbyreads's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Racism, and Transphobia

cozyscones's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense fast-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

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Transphobia and Racism

mudlizard's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Gaslighting and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Animal death

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, and Sexual content

avilareads's review

funny mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Pedophilia

sektaufeis's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

2.5

to cite another review:

"… very odd really enjoyed the beginning but went off the rails. But still I would take messy gay sci fi over better heteronormative misogynistic sci fi "

I wasn't doing really good while reading this and the story is quite depressing. There are a lot of good ideas but for me these did not connect. After a strong start the story got more messy by the chapter and the ending seemed kind of unfinished. I had hoped for more world building and deeper character development.

How the seep talked to the people was really cringy for me. Or maybe just not my kind of humor?

Kind of sad cause I was excited about a trans* protagonist without trans being THE problem - which was the case - but the story did not catch me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia and Sexual content

aely's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.25

It was a good book, I’ll give it that. It made me reflect on my own life, which is always a good thing, in my opinion. I just didn’t care all that much about the characters, other than the boy and he didn’t end up playing that much of a role in the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopia and living in the present. I didn’t connect much with the characters, but I didn’t dislike any of them either. It was a good book, just not a great one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body horror, Medical content, Transphobia, War, Death, and Dysphoria

mosshaunt's review

emotional 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

3.0

loved the worldbuilding, but a lot of the plot felt like it could've been condensed down into a short story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Sexual content, and Suicide