Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Assembly by Natasha Brown

131 reviews

sophiaroesler's review against another edition

challenging reflective

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Cancer

sektaufeis's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Hat mich tief beeindruckt und ein must-read für weiße Männer. Als weiße Frau konnte ich teilweise relaten, aber es war eine sehr unbequeme Erfahrung so eine allumfassende Schilderung vom durchdringenden Rassismus nur für ein paar Seiten auszuhalten. 
So scharf und zielgerichtete geschrieben - wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, and Cancer

peachani's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Cancer

fiaharringbook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Cancer, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Deportation, Slavery, Genocide, Racism, and Police brutality

leoniefnk's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is the definition of literary girl dinner. The tangibility that Brown paints into my ears is at times gorgeous, but mostly a source of unease. Everybody should read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Classism, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Violence, Sexual harassment, Deportation, War, and Slavery

oywiththepoodles's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation and Slavery

sakisreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

I needed something to desperately get me out of a reading slump and this was a recommended read. I am SO glad I read it 👏🏼

A Black British woman navigates the white world around her and my oh my, it’s not a pleasant place to be 🙄 I highlighted so many quotes from this book, one of which was:
‘Best case: those children grow up, assimilate, get jobs and pour money into a government that forever tells them they are not British. This is not home.’

How Natasha Brown managed to capture SO MANY EXPERIENCES (and nuances) into a 112 page novel I will never know. I thoroughly appreciated it though 🫠

4.5 out of 5 stars from me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

annabella's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

A single sitting read which feels satisfying. It’s short but there’s so much packed into it. Various weaving threads and places like the doctors, mentions of both the protagonists family and childhood but also the involvement with her boyfriend’s, the office culture, etc. And all within that is this ongoing imperialism and racism that infiltrates into every fibre of everyone’s lives. I loved end note poetry bits and the Figures - more of an unusual structure and format of writing which makes it more exciting. It feels kinda brutal so I can’t say I enjoyed it really as it was so.. UGH.

Eg. The bit where the boyfriend is living his life by evaluating each decision as whether it’s biography worthy?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

shoohoob's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.75

Interesting premise and a short read. I feel like it would have been easier to follow if I read it instead of listened to the audiobook

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

jennanaps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Racism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Hate crime, Classism, Colonisation, and Medical content