Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

208 reviews

phantomgecko's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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idk why so many older novels take the premise of a guy telling a story. I cannot take it seriously. Their narrator goes into more detail than anyone has ever actually said in a story they told aloud. It takes me out of it a bit.

As for the actual story... There's so much detail about things that don't matter and vagaries about things that do. Marlow seemed to like Kurtz at some times, and I'm not sure why? idk, I don't feel qualified to give this book and actual meaningful review.

"The horror, the horror" should have been such a banger line, but it fell flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, Colonisation

Minor: Cannibalism

912jae's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Colonisation, Classism

forgreed's review against another edition

1.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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This could have been groundbreaking to readers at the time of it's publication but it's not worth it now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation

amorphousbl0b's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious slow-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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An interminable onslaught of metaphor and misery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous informative reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Gore, Racial slurs, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, War

Minor: Gore, Violence, Cannibalism

thatgirlisreading's review against another edition

2.5

dark sad slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

diana_raquel's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Suicide, Grief

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

nooo's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood

Moderate: Death