Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The North Water by Ian McGuire

12 reviews

iakinney's review against another edition

The sexual assault of a child in the first chapter felt like shock value rather than a commitment to realism and the prose wasn’t good enough to make me want to read more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

bonnienoire's review against another edition

The SA of the underage gay SWer's corpse while calling him a racial slur after murdering him was, shall we say, not quite what I was in the mood for.

I understand when there's a point to violence but this honestly felt egregious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, and Murder

starsreside's review against another edition

dark medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Racism, Excrement, Homophobia, Murder, Medical content, and Death

bersblue's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism

kastionsol's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Colonisation, and Racism

lamorna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, and Outing

hojichad's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Reads like a script.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Racial slurs

samster's review against another edition

I'm sorry, I found the graphic first chapter far too unpleasant. I'm not usually squeamish, this is the second book I remember finding this unpleasant (though for different reasons) & I forced myself to finish the last one, and regretted it. So, I'm stopping this one here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Content warning not on the list for necrophilia.

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Blood, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Abandonment

sirissacgluten's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Sexual content, Racism, Homophobia, Drug use, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Cannibalism