Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson

2 reviews

skylercauldron's review against another edition

Antisemitism, resounding cliches, and bad vibes. I read some of the reviews for this book to see if I was just seeing things but many reviewers warned of Islamaphobia, continued ignorance towards Rabbis, and the on-page gang rape of the ONLY LESBIAN PROTAG. I'm not reading that shit, I got too much life to live. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Genocide, Trafficking, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, and Sexism

lin3han's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I listened to this on Audible. The narrator was FANTASTIC- one of the best I’ve heard. The book, however, is a different story. 

I read this because I loved the show. It is literally NOTHING like it so don’t even bother to give it a try
The first part was great- the plot & characters kept me going. Super heavy on Catholicism, but had an amazing Rabbi character. The second half felt like it was an excuse to be misogynistic, homophobic, xenophobic, and when they got to New York City it became  SUPER islamophobic. There’s also a graphic gangr*pe not imperative to the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Body horror, Child death, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Gore, Rape, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, War, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Gangrape