Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

4 reviews

basilaquinas's review

dark reflective sad fast-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? Yes

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

sashpointah's review

challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This ping-pongs from being so prescient and representative and understanding of the human condition and the systems of oppression it's constructed to being outright transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, and devolving into racial stereotypes. Severe whiplash but generally well-meaning, and a potential queer interpretation save this one. If you can get past the ugliest bits there's some pretty powerful philosophy to take away from it, it just would be far better if it weren't about race at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Classism, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia

slugmilk's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Homophobia

lizsmartie13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

ha. ha ha. why did I think me and my terminal dean winchester brain rot could read this and not go immediately and totally insane? 

kilgore trout said only one man in this universe has free will and it isn’t you. bunny’s father said you can’t love men, only kill them. are you just a character in a book by somebody who wants to write about somebody who is suffering all the time? you are here, you are here, you are here. are you kilgore trout or are you kazak the dog? do you want to kill your creator or run from him? who do you hate more, your father for hurting you or your mother for leaving you? why can’t you get out? when will the snake stop swallowing itself? when will you make order of chaos? when will you get better?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape