Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

29 reviews

lilly_anne's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

amandanerd's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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

4.5

I’ve spent a lot of time in Malaysia, but I didn’t know anything about this part of their history. Not the easiest read at points, but an excellent book overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and War

elg1105's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and War

dfrancis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

burnourhistory's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death

amberlfaris's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Blood

happylittleflower's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

emmaito's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

isahart7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and War