Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

5 reviews

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Racism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Dementia, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Addiction, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Rape, Alcohol, Genocide, and Infidelity

katharina90's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

Certain snippets of this book I really liked. For example, the Indigenous folks winding up the town priest was hilarious and brilliantly written. 

Maybe it just wasn't the right time for this book but I found it difficult to keep track of the characters, timelines and connections between various characters and events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Colonisation, and Hate crime

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Rape

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Transphobia

angel_at_worst's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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: Murder, Racism, and Hate crime

clarahesler's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Violence

Minor: Rape, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcoholism

becksusername's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

Not my favorite Erdrich. There was just a lot going on and I couldn't really keep track of how everyone related to each other. But there were a lot of good stories within it, and I think I probably would have enjoyed it more if I'd read it more quickly. I took a lot of breaks and lost track of things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Murder, Mental illness, Incest, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Cannibalism