Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

5 reviews

clarkg's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

While the story itself is compelling and well-written, this book has some serious problems with regards to its representations of Black, disabled, and queer people. There is a particularly gruesome depiction of Black, queer, low-income women that leans heavily on violent "welfare queen" stereotypes, made worse by the fact that the book has no positive examples of people of color in its main cast of characters. Additionally, this book contains a disability trope/storyline that I found to be in extremely poor taste. I believe in giving people grace and room to grow, but at least within the confines of this story, I wish that the author had been more mindful of how her choices work to reinforce harmful societal narratives about marginalized communities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Violence, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Gore, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism, Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Stalking, Ableism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Bullying

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, Deadnaming, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Dementia, and Animal death

peachsequence's review

mysterious 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? No

2.0

This book felt weirdly homophobic, ableist, and racist all wrapped into one meandering plot with an infuriatingly quirky protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Ableism

livsreads's review

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

1.5

.5 star for the storyline (particularly, the ending), but the perpetuation of harmful racial stereotypes was incredibly disappointment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

mydearwatsonbooks's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Child abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Sexism

Use of r-word

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Racism, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Outing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Death, and Adult/minor relationship