Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

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29 reviews

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

very exciting! the whirling pov switches felt like the same maze the characters were in, and made for a very hard to put down book. I’d find myself saying “I’ll stop after this chapter” then realizing I’d blown past it by several pages. 

this did not have the dreaded Short Book Syndrome; I knew just enough about the chars to make them feel real, but not enough to bog down the plot. pacing was quite good! ending was abrupt, but not necessarily in a bad way. it felt like the ending of Eli: lots of potential, but also a fair ending to the plot 

I really like when authors take whiteness and privilege and incarnate it into tangible forms of creatures, magic, murder. something so silent yet pervasive bubbling up into visible monstrosity … scrumptious!

I didn’t come into this book expecting much, and as such I am pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Racism

remy_licked_my_book's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

I felt like I was missing a story. There seemed to be a lot of back story to each character that kept being sort of explored but not. That's the reason it's not a 5 star for me. Outside of that I liked the flaws of each character. I do think this story couldn't have been fleshed out deeper and made longer but it was a neat little thriller with great twists until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Child death, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Sexual content

traa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Classism, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gore, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Medical content, Infidelity, Medical trauma, War, Self harm, and Racial slurs

emalda's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Child death, Confinement, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Gore, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, War, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Racism

aileron's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

Minor: Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, Racism, Classism, Ableism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

novaleestar's review against another edition

dark 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: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Death, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Body horror, Torture, and Violence

hazychapters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.0

An interesting promise but that doesn't follow through: we finish this book with many questions and few answers. 
The characters are intriguing but most are erased and their backstory is not very well elaborated. 
This book is short in pages but a little long in pace: I would have liked more tension and suspense rather than long descriptions which, most of the time, don't add much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Sexism, and Racism

kassidyreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Ableism, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Sexism, Animal death, and Abandonment

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Child death, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Blood, Classism, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Animal death

ashots's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Homophobia