Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

164 reviews

yourfavebookhoarder's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation

kwichris's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation

Moderate: Cannibalism

kj_219's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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I want to delete this from my brain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Colonisation

Minor: Misogyny, Cannibalism

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cannibalism

Several instances of the N word, including within the first 10 pages.

elsie_n's review against another edition

2.25

dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Cannibalism

potterpav's review against another edition

2.25

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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me rating this less than 2.5 stars seems like a red sniper's dot should appear on my forehead any moment now but frankly atp i do not care. credit where credit's due, i like how it was a story within a story (one of the things i liked abt frankenstein and kokoro too, i just think its cool to get perspectives within perspectives) and i like the brief sentences about the scenery but whewwwwww the rest of this book was heavy and sad and depressing. it was just depressing. its a classic and i understand why it's still so famous today but surely there's better texts about colonialisation to be read? i am waiting for the realisation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery

pyrorchis's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation

spvdbooks's review against another edition

3.0

dark fast-paced

Strong character development: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Colonisation

mine_gerber's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Colonisation

borumi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Cannibalism, Colonisation