Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

L'estate che sciolse ogni cosa by Tiffany McDaniel

15 reviews

dylant's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Murder

larinda_booksandanxiety's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. Beautifully written. I read a review of this book before I read it and it said, "devastatingly beautiful." This is an accurate description. The premise is basically, the devil was invited to town and came. Though the "devil" revealed himself, I'm unsure of who or what really was the devil. This book reads like poetry...tragic poetry. Very emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Cannibalism

leahpardon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

this is the kind of book you have to stare at a wall for an hour after finishing it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Homophobia, Murder, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Suicide, Hate crime, and Police brutality

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Animal death

lagaialettrice's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Self harm, and Rape

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Blood, and Mental illness

scenic92's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Animal death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racism, and Violence

christcore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

Incredible. Extremely intense. Check content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Racism, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Homophobia

divafern's review against another edition

Absolutely maudlin. Without going too far into it, it tries to do too much. The writing is interesting in some places and yet liberally peppered with laughably bad metaphors and tired stereotypes. Just see the list of content warnings to get a feel for the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Outing, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Alcoholism, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Abandonment, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality

happyreadings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was a such an unsettling novel about a town in the middle of a heat wave and the devil. When Sal shows up unexpectedly after Autopsy Bliss sent out an invitation for the Devil to come, he claims he's the devil. A thirteen year old black boy in the middle of Breathed, Ohio. The Bliss family takes him in with no questions. When accidents happen when Sal is around, people in the town are too quick to blame it on him, the devil. 

Fielding, Autopsy's son, becomes close with Sal and learns where Sal came from and the trauma he went through with his abusive family. However, word spreads of Sal being the devil and a cult forms. Things escalate at the end of the summer when the cult takes it too far and the heat becomes too much. 

This book was a lot but if you've read Betty, by Tiffany McDaniels, then you'll understand this is her kind of story telling. This story had a lot of lessons mostly being not to judge something just because we're told that it is bad. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Racism, and Suicide