Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

181 reviews

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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 This was a fantastic thriller! I went in thinking it was going to be a particular type of book but it surprised me again and again with it's plot turns and depth. There are a lot of intense themes that are fantastically dealt with and made for an engaging discussion with my book club. The characters are so well drawn especially Sally herself who I was rooting for from the start, celebrating her wins and sharing her frustrations. The only thing that brought the book down for me was the ending 

I left with such a sense of sadness that all the progress Sally had made had been undone, I suppose it was a realistic ending but I was hoping for something with a bit more hope!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Homophobia, Racism

madamelacy's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I found this book a real page-turner. It dealt with some tawdry issues and wasn’t emotionally easy to read.
+ I found the MC believable; she was flawed, fallible and multidimensional 
+ the subtext of nature versus nurture was interesting 
+ the story itself was sadly credible 
- some of the more peripheral characters were less credible. Some characters really didn’t seem to serve any function and were dropped from the story for huge numbers of pages.
- I just didn’t love the ending… it all wrapped up too quickly. For example the podcaster was an interesting angle, which was then just finished very  abruptly. Amanda Herron having the last chapter seemed silly because she wasn’t a character who’d been developed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

bandreea's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

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Trigger warning: the book is troublesome in its covering of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse of children and their long life impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy

othersociologist's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism

jessclarkee's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

tillysbookbar's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Definitely an intriguing story and well written, however the r*pe, SA, child abuse, and other forms of trauma was just really hard for me to read. I wish that I had been aware of trigger warnings before I read this. Again, a well-written and unique story, just wasn't my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault

sam_uel_c's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Homophobia, Racism

alessandrams's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol

melodys_library's review against another edition

1.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Dark, disturbing, disappointing.

I thought this would be a twisty turny mystery/thriller, but it’s just icky trauma porn with poor character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking

its_jennyybean's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Lesbophobia