Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

48 reviews

stampest's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Outing, Medical content, and Xenophobia

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Hate crime, Racism, and Outing

Minor: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Sexism, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Mental illness

beckyremillard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Honestly this book would probably be a 5 for me if I was more into science fiction. However, I do love Hank Green and just had to give at least his first book a try. Let’s just say that, even as someone who doesn’t love science fiction, I’ll definitely be reading book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Terrorism

falonmansfield's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Biphobia and Xenophobia

alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.75

Really enjoyed this book. Fast read, compelling, and realistic, flawed characters. The premise is an original idea with the commentary of political polarization, fame, power, and vitality of the internet. Excited for the sequel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Biphobia, Kidnapping, and Outing

Minor: Grief and Stalking

linseypenland's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Xenophobia

mamaquiereleer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.0

The premise of the book was interesting, but the writing style really got in the way of my enjoyment of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Biphobia

jayteenun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

I'll go ahead and say I did not like the main character all that much for a little while, but her arc is so human and realistic (even with the unreal circumstances).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia and Gore

Minor: Xenophobia

elizamariereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This was spectacular! Want a genre-bending sci-fi with an unlikeable protagonist that makes you question society? Well, this book is for you! April May (dumb name tbh) was one of the most obnoxious main characters I've ever read about but damn did I love this book.  The whole plot was so confusing and twisty but I walked away from this story feeling seriously reflective about how much weight we put on the opinion of celebrities and things said on social media. Very interesting book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Xenophobia and Biphobia

Minor: Gore

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Style/writing: 3 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 2.5 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Outing, Biphobia, Gun violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship