Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

166 reviews

humbugmountain's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

avenravensmh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

seersybil's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder

su_e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation

tweedlesmart's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

tomtee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It is absolutely incredible. The atmosphere, the language, the characters, the plot, it is so absorbing. It’s a very hard book to read, the prose is confusing, but there’s just something about it that is so addictive. I am about to read all I can about the book and am already looking forwards to the reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

josh_griffen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

1orne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

A very large amount of this book consists of graphic descriptions of violence enacted by racists. Sexual violence occurs but is not graphically described.

rogueshadowpuff's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Excellent story telling, but I kind of love to hate it. It was infuriating, especially the end. I think that was the point, but I found it difficult to get through because I wanted so badly for something to change along the storyline and really, it didn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

wr3n25's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Pedophilia and Excrement