Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

American Rapture by CJ Leede

2 reviews

amaranth_wytch's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, and Medical content

vixenreader's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

Although there are one too many plot points that could have been trimmed, and some characterization could have been explored more, this novel is a beautiful testament to breaking out of self-loathing mindsets (especially in dogma), and learning to survive in a scary world while embracing your authentic self and chosen family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Biphobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, and Abortion

Be aware that this text features religion used for bigotry and cruelty, self-righteousness in religion, dog attacks, attempted rape, ravishing zombies, the apocalypse, being forced out of your comfort zone, disowning a child, separation of siblings, post-traumatic stress disorder, and intense lust/desire.