Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

14 reviews

wolfism's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal death, Classism, Death, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Stalking, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

cinnamon_toast's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

My questions are:

1. What’s the point of the Hetta companion bearing a striking resemblance to Elsie? It’s emphasised so much. Is Elsie Sarah or something? Sarah mentioned that she thought Rupert would marry her. Plus there’s madness in Elsie’s family as with Rupert’s. The doctor suggests this at the end. But then Sarah arrives and disproves this
2. Elsie was always dropping references to an evil child (who I guess it’s herself) and saying how she couldn’t stand Hetta’s face because she reminds her of herself. 

In short, what’s the connection between Hetta + Elsie + Sarah?? For me the ambiguity doesn’t improve the book. 
Having said that I read the whole thing in one go and was 100% absorbed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

ameliac_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Xenophobia, Sexism, Racism, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Grief, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Medical content, Infertility, Gore, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Body horror, and Blood