Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

5 reviews

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Blood, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Car accident, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

jolyon_l's review

fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

noonjinx's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A quick read but a great one. It was written nearly a century ago but rattles along like a modern thriller. The dialogue is terrific and the prose is wonderfully bare and straightforward. It’s a noir tale of sex, murder, betrayal, love, redemption, tragedy and justice. The main characters are thoroughly weak and immoral but I ended up rooting for them.

They come tantalisingly close to a happy ending before it is torn away from them.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

poirot's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Murder, Death, Car accident, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death

exlibrissum's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage