Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

43 reviews

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

5.0

This is a dystopian fiction masterpiece full of plot twists. A company town within a Disney World-esque resort is faced with the activation of modern-day slavery as they bunker down through the destabilization of society. The only con is that I didn’t read it sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Classism, Death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicide

ferretfaculty's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Blood, Racism, and Death

kelskiiz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

v good, horrifyingly realistic in many ways.  i really enjoyed the buildup, especially the inserts and pov changes. also the bleak/semi-hopeful ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism and Racism

albernikolauras's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a YA horror novel set in a post apocalyptic America where the rich get their own theme park somewhere in the south, and all of the workers get to live happily in their homes.

This novel starts off with a creepy atmosphere and Giles just continues to ramp up the tension in this novel. While some things are predictable, Giles continues to ramp up the tension and the stakes. I really enjoyed the characters, the complicated relationships, and how wealth and race play such complicated roles within this novel. The setting of the theme park and how the apocalypse seems to feed it just roll right into the stakes.

I loved this novel and highly recommend (but there are definitely some trigger warnings to check).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Racism, Racial slurs, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

lizslazylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

hardella's review

sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book felt like a cross between Parable of the Sower and a really dark episode of phineas and ferb? I mean that in a good way. It was dark and heavy but the friendship aspect was really sweet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, and Violence

conceptuallysound's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

megwilli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Confinement

Moderate: Gore, Cannibalism, and Violence

jessereadsthings's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Hate crime, Slavery, Gore, Racism, and Xenophobia

shewhoturnsallpages7834's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

The first hundred pages were a struggle for me. And Jay’s incredible naïveté irked me but eventually added to the emotional tensions that ran throughout the book, especially after he experiences the darkest parts of the resort and it’s elite.

It is not hard to imagine the sinister plans of the rich and powerful in light of climate change, political divides and racial tensions in the late-stages of capitalism. But the smart use of a vacation resort turned company town riddled with technological fail-safes took this story to another level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism