Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

12 reviews

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Death, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Racism, Xenophobia, Body horror, and Stalking

apworden's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I loved this book overall, but the nagging irritation at how

Ade seems to naively or intentionally ignore how her actions affect people of color, first with the men who helped her carry the boat up the mountain and, even worse, her risking her young family with a caste-based society seemingly  without much preparation.It feels like Ade never has any true self realization around this. Ade seems to be presented as the one who needs to forgive Yule and not as someone who also owes a reconciliatory apology. For this reason, I can’t bump it to 5 stars, but it was sooooo close. This is one of those stories that could have best realized with a sensitivity reader or co-authorship with a POC writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Racism

Moderate: Gore