Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

103 reviews

kymberly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Slavery and Sexual harassment

megs_baer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

auberginehayz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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

Overall a really compelling book, can'  wait to start the next one! I enjoyed the very different setting to Western fantasy and the different types of magics. Would love to have some illustrations of the animals as I found them a bit hard to visualise.
The characters were unique and relatable despite their flaws. The two main female protagonists were very compelling and I enjoyed their different points of view. 
Finally, the short chapters were satisfying and contributed to it being a real page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

The world-building was a bit slow in the beginning, but once our characters’ stories started intersecting, the book moved so quickly. Inan’s character was a bit confusing to me (though I think he is also just confused generally), but I loved watching Amari & Zélie’s growth and relationship development.
Also, the complexities of revolution against oppression were present in the characters’ struggles and conversations, which inspired me to consider these same complexities in reality. I want to know more about this world, and I want to know what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Slavery, Grief, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Trafficking

desiderium_incarnate's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

"I won't let your ignorance silence my pain."

1. Please read the authors note, if you've read the story. 
2. This was fascinating, the story and it's characters took so many turns in their character development. It all made sense though. There was a lot of hurt and grief in a few days storyline. The characters also had noticeable trauma, and all handled it differently, which is very good writing, because I've also read books where that was completely disregarded. So all in all worth the read, I think it's better to read it not spread out over months though. 
3. Crooked Kingdom vibes at times. 

"Everyone else feels like being caught in the rain. You're the whole tsunami." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

macmannwood's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i think that daughters should get to kill their abusive fathers more often

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

bookwitch934's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

This book was really good, but super heavy.

mjscooke's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Living in a world that hates what her bloodline could be and taxes her very existence, Zélie find herself in an epic adventure that could change not only her life but the lives of every potential Magi in Orisha. Tomi Adeyemi weaves real world emotion and pain seamlessly into her beautifully crafted fantastical world with such heart and soul that I found my own breaking while empathising with the deep, rich characters. I’m Interested to see where they end up next. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Grief

sv_m04's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

The worldbuilding is unlike ANY I've seen before and I mainly just read fantasy stories. The characters feel so real and I cried because of their pain and strength. Slightly uncomfortable with how Roën's eyes are described, but that may be a mistranslation (read the Dutch version). Slight spoiler: The ending and plottwists felt too sudden for me, but there's still part two.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

The book is written by a POC author and almost all of the cast has browm skin but between the different folks there is a lot of colorism and hatred. It taught me a lot and made me realise I could never fully understand that pain. It is very emotional but very important to the story and handled well.