Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

19 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.25

With the allegations against Sherman Alexie, this book may be forever tainted by his legacy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Ableism, Mental illness, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Cursing, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment and Medical content

There is also death of and , as well as a huge focus on the effects and shame of poverty.

sunflowery's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia

kuchikopii's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Hate crime, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Ableism

unusualsnowunicorn's review

funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Ableism, and Child abuse

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

I started and finished this book in 6 hours. Now why did it take us like 2 weeks to read it in high school? That's how you know high school is an evil place! Insufferable institution!

Great book, though. I'm glad I reread it.

But I had to take away points for use of the n word. Like damn even if it's not from our main character, it's very disappointing the author wrote that in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Ableism, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Grief, Homophobia, Child death, Addiction, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder

bethanysbooknook's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia and Ableism

maggiewen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

1.0

Wow, I hated this book 🤩

I guess this book just didn’t hit me like it did everyone else. It wasn’t the meaningful coming-of-age contemporary novel that almost everyone else described it as. It felt more like a cheesy, offensive picture book that’s filled with bad jokes.

Just completely ignoring the SA allegations against Alexie for a hot second, the humour was in the style of dad jokes and were 90% just self deprivation. I guess the self deprivation was funny in like the first three chapters but got really boring, really quickly.

“So she was all white on white on white, like the most perfect kind of vanilla dessert cake you’ve ever seen.

I wanted to be her chocolate topping.” (page 114)

It was so exhausting being in Arnold’s head because he spoke more like a nine year old than a freshman in high school. And I would know, I’m literally the targeted age group. Arnold went from being a mediocre character before he went to Reardan (the boarding school) to a really self-centred, annoying character after going to Reardan. I feel like Alexis would be good at very silly, younger middle grade graphic novels. Something like Captain Underpants or Babymouse. You know? Something funny but immature, childish, and without a lot of depth. 

Going back to the SA allegation against Alexie, you can totally see just from reading the book that those allegations were coming. Arnold is a fourteen year old boy, and the amount of times he sexualizes other fourteen year old girls is so concerning. And the way Alexie talks about women through Arnold is so uncomfortable 

“The girl has an ego. But that’s sexy, too” (page 108)

“Yep, I had a big erection when I learned of my sisters death.” (page 202)

”Who knew that tears of sympathy could be so sexy?” (page 129)

“Snot ran down her face and it was still sort of sexy.” (page 213)

”(His sister) looks like Jennifer Lopez (if J. Lo. Was smarter)” (page 27)

The repeated use of slurs and incorrect and offensive representation of anorexia..

”They (anorexics) think being anorexic makes them special, makes them better than everybody else.” (page 107)

..really just topped it off too.

I really just could not find a single character or joke that I liked from this book. But I did find many characters and jokes that I absolutely, truly, hated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Bullying and Vomit

denki_kinnie_'s review

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Ableism

gena10's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Grief, and Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Ableism, and Racism

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Racial slurs, and Gun violence