Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

181 reviews

chipie's review against another edition

4.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Violence

Minor: Racism

lilyotv's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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: Yes

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Very engaging and hard to put down!! Just felt the ending was abrupt and a bit of a let down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping

mo_za11's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic

interstellarpig's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Kidnapping

Moderate: Racism, Lesbophobia

sulimin's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Car accident

fyre_flies's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

roro_roro's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence

Minor: Racism

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

3.5

challenging mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping

alannahberkeley's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

jamiereidx's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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After seeing so much praise online about this book, I decided to pick it up and see if it lived up to the hype.  It certainly does that. 
This story is complex and upsetting.  Reading through this can be quite difficult at times, but this doesn't take anything away from how well the book is written.
I feel like you are easily emersed into the story, maybe even relating to some of the feelings of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Abandonment