Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Hide by Kiersten White

65 reviews

carleneb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Classism, Child death, Abandonment, Racism, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Grief, Gore, Death, and Blood

sunnysky's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

I loved the contestants, and I loved how they all had their own silent desperation. It connected them in a very elegant way.

I will say that it can be a bit daunting with so many to keep track of, but most only shine for a chapter and it really only focuses on only 4-5 of them. 

This is a SLOW horror, mostly physiological as you and the contestants see these bad signs and fumble trying to figure out what is real and how they should react. They also try and justify their situation because they don’t want to admit they could be  in a danger, which was an interesting narrative I totally understood and thought was sorta fresh.

The bad guys have an interesting backstory, along with the situation, and it went in a way I was not expecting but was still pleasant.

Less people killing for sport and more occult sacrifice

WARNING! This book does have an open-ish ending. I was okay with it, but you might find it a bit abrupt. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death, and Racism

vtleon715's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Racism

sumia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Racism

jmeyers888's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and War

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

sexytinatrainconductress's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

a_libraryghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Overall I enjoyed this. I didn’t find it scary but I was genuinely worried for the characters at times. There’s a lot of ‘head hopping’, especially at the start. I’m not sure the physical book broke it up into tiny paragraphs but the characters became very jumbled in the audiobook. I liked most of the characters although some of the dialogue was a bit meh and Kiersten’s way of including ‘diversity’ was uncomfortable. There’s one character who is the token character of colour, token queer and token disabled all in one and she’s very much the saviour character. 

Despite what the reader ratings suggest, this book absolutely is not diverse. 

I’m also annoyed that it seemed to build up a romance between Mack and Ava with no payoff? I have mixed feelings about Ava’s fake out death but at least her death could have been a great emotional trigger similar to her sisters death to spur her into action. I’m also fine with her being alive but why not then let her and Mack have a happy ending?

Unlike some others I actually don’t mind the ending (except for my thoughts above)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Classism

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A really good thriller novel that contains just enough to be considered horror without being overly gory. It reads really fast and kept me entertained the whole time. A good read for Halloween 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Blood, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Racism, Death of parent, Gore, Vomit, War, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, and Drug use