Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

16 reviews

paperknotbooks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

deenice2819's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Bullying, Gun violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Blood, Child death, Classism, Slavery, and Mental illness

nicoleisalwaysreading's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

Wow. I’m in awe. This concept just continued to expand and expand and encompass so much more beauty and difficulty as it grew. The technical side of this writing is genius. Would be 5 stars if not for a slight doubt that this exact narrative structure was 100% effective. There was a building sense of a “reveal” that never quite came, but that ended up being what I thought all along. So I’m wondering if some of the mystery or uncertainty throughout was completely necessary/clouded the poignancy and clarity of the themes which were already so complex…nevertheless, this is EXCELLENT. Please read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol

Such an interesting way to play with magical realism or a bending of how we perceive “reality” in something that is already fictional.

lorit1227's review

dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

rishel's review

challenging emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, and Alcoholism

isnotacrayon's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-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 book is no joke. Charlie Kauffman-esque in its surrealism that devolves into almost fever dream. The most unreliable narrator ever. Fantastic writing, and meaning, and it should be read by the masses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness