Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

26 reviews

mollyv's review

hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

4.0

Love letter to reading. Emotional and I LOVED Makesh.

I did think the Aleisha storyline was a tad underdeveloped. I also found her physical reactions to her mother confusing as there seemed to be no explanation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Racism

arood's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

A love letter to libraries, books, and human connection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Racism and Car accident

allthingsnerdy's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This was such a heartwarming book! I loved the friendship that developed between Aleisha and Mukesh, I feel like it's pretty uncommon to see a friendship between a young woman and an older man. I think this book does a great job speaking about grief, and how reading helps you understand yourself, others, and the world. This is definitely a book for book lovers, and I look forward to reading it again in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide and Cancer

Minor: Racism

nadalien's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Racism and Cancer

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful and gutting at the very same time. As a lover of books, this one brilliantly explains why we love books the way we do. It is a tender story about a list of books that impacts so many people tremendously. I felt seen by the author — understanding and explaining so many reasons why I’ve come to love reading and books so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Ableism, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

hannahrl's review against another edition

4.5

I really liked this. It was heartwarming and charming. The friendships that blossomed were lovely. Some thing were expected, but not in a bad way. Made me want to (re)read the books on the reading list and go to my local library. I’d recommend this for anyone who just needs a bit of love in their lives. Plus, the last words are ones to leave by. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Racism

ejcarroll's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? N/A

4.0

I feel it's important to note first of all that this book does discuss suicide, mental health issues and racism. 

As someone who is just getting back into reading, reading a book about other characters also starting to read more was really inspiring, I felt really connected to the characters because of this. I enjoyed how the characters learned from each of the books they read in different ways, and how the two main characters learned/viewed things differently based on their own perspective.

This book did contain some heavy themes but dealt with them beautifully and I still felt safe and comfortable reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Racism

extraaardvark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Minor: Death and Racism

lindz_reads's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

A solid sweet and emotional read that reads as a love letter to libraries, communities and families.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

lyingcat's review

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

This book made me cry both happy and sad tears. Easily my favourite read in a few years

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Racism and Cancer