Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

5 reviews

leanniefae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Outing, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

orcamagicka's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

Reading this as a queer trans guy after watching Midnight Mass did not bode well for my newly developed priest kink nor my father issues. God help me.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Suicide, and Homophobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy and Transphobia

venuscollective's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Outing, and Grief

Minor: Biphobia, Dysphoria, and Racism

elissareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Homophobia, Suicide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Biphobia and Islamophobia

This is a book about a conversion therapy camp. Be aware of the triggers but know that ultimately, queer people win in the end.

biblioleah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this was a really strong book, and i think it brings a lot of great discussions to the table. i did have a few issues with the cheating and the characters and the timeline of things (like the whole book takes place over basically one day and that makes zero sense) but i’d easily still recommend this.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Racism and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Deadnaming