Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Le diecimila porte di January by Alix E. Harrow

185 reviews

turrean's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

A very enjoyable audio recording 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

zoeoz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

some absolutely gorgeous prose and a stellar cast of side characters (Yule, you are my ANGEL!!!!!!!!!) but I found myself SO frustrated with January for so much of the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Blood, and Racism

shhanson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Like all Alix Harrow's books, this is AMAZING! Probably my favorite of all her books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

pandaorb's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Racism and Animal cruelty

Minor: Blood

oceanescence's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

fantastiskfiktion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Racism

Moderate: Pregnancy and Death of parent

alanahcw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

This book is perfect. 

My heart is full and hungry for more Doors. Thank you so much for opening this one, Alix Harrow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, and Blood

cherry_lake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

Really enjoyed this book. Slow paced movement from historical fiction into fantasy. Felt like an homage to older YA novels and also did I detect direct inspiration from Broken Earth Trilogy? Definitely difficult themes!

Seems like those who didn’t enjoy it were mainly disappointed by false advertising or assumptions, but I had no idea what it was about or that it existed until a friend recommended! Glad I tried it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Torture, Self harm, Racism, and Violence

svenja135's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Xenophobia

fernanda_o's review against another edition

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? No

2.0

Too much suffering, not enough  fantasy. And not enough social criticism either. This book brought me very little enjoyment and 

The dog getting hurt was beyond unnecessary. He doesn’t die, but his suffering hardly advances the plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Racism