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challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Overall, I thought this was good book with good enough writing and an interesting premise/plot.
However, it takes place in the 30s, and the characters certainly speak like it — and by that I mean, they’re racist. Even if that character is not, like, extremely racist, they use the n-word, and there’s at least one anti-Semitic comment as well. These parts were hard to read and, to me, often felt unnecessary even it was “true” to the historic time period. I wanted to mention if that’s just not something you want to be reading.
There’s also a racist trope presumably unintentionally used—of a black man preying on/raping a white women—read more about the history of this of you don’t understand this has a racist stereotype/trope as well as a few other uncomfortable depictions and passages.
However, it takes place in the 30s, and the characters certainly speak like it — and by that I mean, they’re racist. Even if that character is not, like, extremely racist, they use the n-word, and there’s at least one anti-Semitic comment as well. These parts were hard to read and, to me, often felt unnecessary even it was “true” to the historic time period. I wanted to mention if that’s just not something you want to be reading.
There’s also a racist trope presumably unintentionally used—
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Death, Torture, Slavery, Gore, and Infidelity
Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage
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