Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

13 reviews

abijoupansy's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

Beautifully written. Extremely racist. Some of the science is fun to research and fact-check. Amusing protagonists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Animal death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Cannibalism

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence

marrykult's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

arxchiell's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Blood, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

cait's review against another edition

So boring. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

jbeuzinchem's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Classism

unavezmas's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

ailurus's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

The first five pages and also a bit towards the end would fit perfectly in r/niceguy. Probably on the incel reading list as those pages truly encapsulate a slightly toned down version their mentality. There is also frequent, on almost every other page, racism calling their travel companions negroids, half breeds, Indians(when in the Americas) etc. Talking down about them as lesser than whilst talking about the supremacy of Europeans.

literaryrevisited's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Violence

Minor: Slavery

questingnotcoasting's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

I was really intrigued by the idea of this - a dinosaur adventure novel from the 1910s - and while I quite enjoyed it, I had some reservations. There were some funny moments and I recognised Conan Doyle's comic timing from the Sherlock Holmes books. It's a fun adventure in parts but overall I felt there weren't enough dinosaurs and there was too much imperialism. It's very much of its time and the adventure the characters go on is steeped in colonial attitudes which I found impossible to overlook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence