Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

12 reviews

paiggeb's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Xenophobia, and Stalking

beckybeth's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Not my favorite by this author. Definitely no humor, but the plot was a lot more basic too. A YA version of “You”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

mjwilliamson's review against another edition

I found it super creepy reading about a stalker and hearing their justifications. As a young female this is one of my biggest fears and overall I put the book down for my mental health. 
Nevertheless it was incredibly well written and the switching POVs were used to great effect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism

audlittlebookshelf's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

This quick YA thriller was really enjoyable to read. It was a little predictable and I wish there had been a bit more to it just to tie everything together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Drug abuse, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racial slurs, Gore, Suicide, Death of parent, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Racism, Misogyny, and Blood

nyahsnook's review

emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

2.5

It was an intriguing book but the ending felt like it should've happened earlier and it wasn't very fulfilling. I really liked Delilah as a character #supportwomenswrongs

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Physical abuse

Minor: Racism

taylorsevalia's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

For most of the book, I was expecting to learn more about Sophie. Although Sophie still feels like a mystery to me, Delilah’s story made up for it. I really enjoyed Delilah’s character besides the parts in library, but then, the ending had me wanting more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Addiction

Minor: Eating disorder, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

content warning for child death towards the end of the book

cinderellasbookshelf's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Logan is the epitome of a red flag - yikes! 

This book was pretty fast-paced and addictive to read. It’s almost a YA version of You, but not as violent yet still filled with creepiness, especially from Logan’s point of view. Speaking of which, I liked how this had dual POV. Through Logan’s perspective, you can see how he tries to justify everything he’s doing because he’s “in love” and he’s a “nice guy” (nothing he does is justifiable or romantic, let’s just get that out of the way ). And from Delilah’s point of view, you get to know more about her beyond Logan’s warped perfect idea of her.

Sometimes the story and some characterizations felt a little shallow or held back details I wanted to know. The ending also felt abrupt and I wish there was at least an epilogue about what happened after. Despite this though, I really liked reading it. I’m not sure if the author’s other book at the end, The New Girl, is a sequel, prequel, or just in the same world, but I would still check it out. 


Side note: you should definitely check out this YouTube video by The Take about “The Nice Guy” trope. I kept thinking of Logan and how he checked off so many of those boxes on how the “nice guy” isn’t so nice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Racism

sienna1508's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was so interesting to read but could be very triggering for someone in a toxic relationship or has an abusive relationship. It also talks about sui...cide so just be very careful reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Cursing

Minor: Eating disorder

beyondapage's review

dark medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Vomit

fandomckb's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

1.5

Honestly, after reading the summary I was expecting so much more than I got. The story moved so fast at times I thought the character was hallucinating or imagining it. Finally, the story just moved way too fast. There was no breaking up talking with text, they spent way too many pages of just dialogue or just internal thoughts and whenever it was mixed, it was hard to follow because it was too fast. The characters were extremely dark, and made it hard to relate to them. The choices they made didn't make sense and the 'plot twists' felt more twisted and dark than actually enjoyable. If you're at all interested in reading for the world being built and not just the characters find another book. All I got was 'fancy boarding school'. 


<spoliers> She kills her mom's boyfriend after fantasizing about hurting him or fighting back or something so I thought that was the same thing? And the 'she was the drug dealer's thing was bull. There was almost nothing leading to that and it felt almost forced. Finally, the ending where she kills Logan was one of the only things that sort of made sense, but again, it only took like 2 pages to kill him. <spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism and Suicide attempt