Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Vorrh by Brian Catling

5 reviews

benegesserwitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body shaming, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Trafficking, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Ableism, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, Racial slurs, and Blood

scytheria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism, Gun violence, Stalking, Murder, Abortion, Child death, Torture, Suicide, Trafficking, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, War, Vomit, and Sexism

sometimes_samantha_reads's review against another edition

I was intrigued by the concept on the back cover but early on it was evident this was not the book for me. Too much casual racism, sexism, and misogyny. It would be one thing if those themes were mentioned and then there was something done about them, but they were just there and did absolutely nothing to advance the plot. Just seemed that they were there for shock value if anything. I wanted to like this books but I couldn't get past the firsg five chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War

coyotesdaughter's review against another edition

This book is one of the most disjointed works I’ve ever tried to read. Multiple stories that go nowhere, rampant misogyny, grotesque depictions of death and bodies, unnecessary sexually explicit detail and prose as thick as salt water taffy. 

This is my first DNF in 7 years, and it’s disappointing to say the least. I had such high hopes for this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, Mental illness, Gore, and Violence

zgriptsuroica's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault