Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

129 reviews

evhanson's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Torture, Terminal illness, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

tbagherlee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The plot of this kept me very entertained, and I thought it had some valid points to make on racial capitalism and gentrification. I cringed at several points while reading: both when I felt like Darren was being targeted and when he turned into a villain. I will say - some of it (especially the advice) came off as corny to me. The ending also has me like ???? and not in a good way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Grief and Terminal illness

kriskelly's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

“what the f*ck is going on” is how i’d sum this up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

anitaconchita's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall a fun satire, but the sales manual format got a bit exhausting for me, and there were so many point where I couldn’t stand Buck, the main character. I kind of hoped for more critique of capitalism and the ending was a bit of a let down for me. An engaging narrator and fast-paced read though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

alexstartsthings's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

Minor: Vomit and Outing

narbine's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective 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? Yes

3.25

Didn’t care much for the beginning but it redeemed itself last half

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Racism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Grief

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Racial slurs, Cancer, Classism, Alcohol, Racism, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence

kay_reads9's review

challenging dark funny inspiring reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

funny hopeful tense fast-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

4.0

Slowly descending its lead into darkness while speeding through his way out, Black Buck almost feels like a fairy tale in the end: the idea that capitalism can somehow save.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

okaymistelyn's review against another edition

funny reflective 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? Yes

3.75

wow wow wow, what a book. black buck was a rollercoaster of emotions — mostly anger and stress — from the perspective of someone who was willing to sacrifice it all to get ahead. it’s a great satire of corporate/tech culture and the racism that exists in those spaces and i enjoyed reading it.

i will say though that the some of the narrative/writing style wasn’t really for me. i get that it’s meant to be a satire from a more immature perspective, but parts of it made me roll my eyes. regardless, it was a pretty quick read so i would recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Racism, and Ableism