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pyromastyx's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Racism, and Fatphobia
Moderate: War, Gun violence, and Death
Minor: Religious bigotry
the_reading_wren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and War
sarah_hutchins's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury
lavnde's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Bullying, Death, War, and Cursing
jjjjo's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Sexual content, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, War, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Abandonment, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Gun violence
linblythe_pub22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual content, Violence, War, and Gun violence
memmah's review
- 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
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: War
elysianbud's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Eg. "You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?
Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Eating disorder
Minor: Sexism, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, War, and Racial slurs
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I was deeply fascinated by how many different ways they found to call Aziraphale gay. Personal favourites include him collecting Oscar Wilde first editions, getting called three different anti-gay slurs, and frequenting discreet Victorian gentleman's clubs.
The book contains some killer quotes and I quite liked the ending.
Unfortunately there's rather a lot of scenes you have to soldier through that are about character that didn't interest me despite their best efforts.
Also, as much as both Anathema and Madam Tracy are boring, they still deserve better boyfriends than the ones they end up with. Those dudes Suck.
The scenes that I hated the most were the ones apparently written mostly by just-Neil or just-Terry, which are the long passages of War and Famine that aged incredibly poorly, and children talking at each other for ages.
There's also a lot of racism in this book, which is either supposed to be satire or just reflecting the way that white British people in 1990 thought about the rest of the world. Doesn't change the fact that it's racist, though.
Graphic: War, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Cursing, Racism, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Ableism, Car accident, and Confinement
the_bees_books's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Death, War, Genocide, and Religious bigotry