Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

111 reviews

destined_333's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

Law, justice, racism, discrimination, and systemic issues

cheaploaf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

This book was a ride. I really appreciated the 3 different angles it was told from. It was captivating, it was hard to put down. As a white person, it’s a book that made me think and reflect a lot. I appreciate Jodi Picoult’s author’s note and how extensive the research she did for the book was. I think it’s super important as a white author to be able to use your platform to talk about issues such as race.

I’m glad that the story didn’t revolve around white saviourism and that Kennedy didn’t even win Ruth her trial, the case was just acquitted. At first it seemed crazy to me that someone like Turk could end up on the complete opposite of the spectrum but I guess there are people out there like him in the real world.

Would absolutely recommend this book to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Child death, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Slavery, and Miscarriage

mrs_elliott19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

I normally don’t write a hole sappy thing, but this boook!!!! I life is forever changed! I thing every needs to read this book at least once! I’m balling!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

c100's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Self harm and Hate crime

bookishpip's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, and Child death

mboyes's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Violence

crystalxqueer's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Violence and Racial slurs

Minor: Grief and Medical content

thebabybookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

I loved this book. I have a lot of respect for the authors work to research the subject matter. The audiobook was a flawless presentation. I was sobbing at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

liloo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

One of the main characters is a white supremacist who uses racial slurs without any censorship.

mirandahems's review against another edition

incredibly reductive. i don’t think a white woman should be telling this story through the lens of a woman of color experiencing racism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Racial slurs