Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

21 reviews

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

It took me a while at the beginning to figure out how to read this book, but once I got into it, I couldn't stop reading. At first it feels like a lot of vignettes only connected in that they're about the same person, but gradually it all comes together. The author's "kid" voice is really well-done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, and War

cassidy's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

This book was so 🥺🥺. I forget the word in Farsi that they used (edit: mazloom) but it really describes this book because I just want to give Daniel a hug. Anyways, I really felt like I was reading something that a 12 year old wrote and the wisdom/naïveté mix worked really well. Only reason it’s not a 5 is because it was just so sad at points and I guess I should’ve known this because it’s written in hindsight but I just wanted to know if he was gonna be okay 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

mali33102's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Racism

shewhoknows10kthings's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal death and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Xenophobia

kk_'s review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, and Islamophobia

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Racism

edensbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Classism

houndoflove1985's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Abandonment

colleeen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, and Excrement