Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Himmel und Hölle by Malorie Blackman

20 reviews

lethukhanyile's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual harassment

bungal0w's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book's plot line was so reflective of our society today and really easily makes you stop and think. Are the characters loveable- its complicated because the main characters, Callum and Sephy, are so deeply in love and trapped in their own world that they collectively are the only thing you can focus on which personally didnt want me to love one or the other but leave them without a specific favourite and no bias as i read.  however, the characters had only one personality and the plot was predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Abandonment

carlagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

tprsjr's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Pregnancy

kqlon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

dietvanillecoke's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion, Bullying, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

antoniarachael28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

florafauna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Domestic abuse

kitza2000's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, Death, Classism, and Bullying

looney_moons's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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

4.5

This book blew me away. The change between Sapphy and Callum's narratives created an incredible contrast between Sapphy's (still very real, but) mundane and trivial problems and Callum's systemic oppression and life-or-death situations. The concept of changing the power dynamic in the system so that people of colour are better than white people makes it seem absolutely ludicrous and ridiculous - because, of course, it is. It is genuinely a great way of explaining exactly what's wrong in our system and with racism, colonialism, and slavery. Blackman manages to get these points across incredibly clear while still having an engaging narrative. This book genuinely just keeps on giving - every time I thought I'd figured out and that the book would end, there was so much more, and it was all so good. Blackman's writing is beautiful, and the narrators of this audiobook truly put everything they had into it and it was an absolute treat to listen to. If you know me, you know I do not do well with audiobooks, but I absolutely devoured this in two days and there was nothing else I wanted to do than hear what happened to Sapphy and Callum. My only qualm, and the reason it's been docked half a star, is the uncomfortable age gap between Sapphy and Callum in the beginning. It was simply uncomfortable for me to read about a 13 year old and a 16 year old

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual content