Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill

24 reviews

styxx's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Misogyny, Bullying, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Colonisation, Sexism, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

sdvora's review against another edition

reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Racism

Minor: War

baskini's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, War, and Homophobia

cartermon4's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Bullying, Body shaming, Colonisation, and Homophobia

Minor: Grief, Child abuse, Alcohol, War, and Violence

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Bullying, Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Sexual assault

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

A beautiful poetry collection telling the coming of age story of Paro. I learned a lot about partition and the Hindu Gods and Goddesses! Gill remains one of my favorite poets and this collection was a unique one 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Biphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and War

Minor: Child abuse and Body shaming

miss_vonnegut's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

I love the way Gill told a very cohesive story was told through poetry. It ended up being an unexpectedly perfect Pride month read! The language was beautiful and the drawings throughout enhanced the artistry of it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Violence

etdancer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

I never thought I’d be into a verse narrative, but this was incredible and so easy to breeze through! Emotional, dark, uplifting, inspiring, passionate, and devastatingly vulnerable in the most beautiful of ways!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Biphobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

kaiknowshowtoread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

thefairfae's review against another edition

emotional 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

⚠️TW FOR BOOK⚠️
Mentions of r4pe, SA, xenophobia, sexism, and racism.

5/5 
This was the first book I read after not reading for over 4 years and I can say this is an amazing book. I love how the character's are real and make mistakes. They have problems that they have to deal with and it touches on homophobia and racism in a great way. Not to mention it has good LGBTQ rep with the main character being a girl who realizes she is bisexual. You get to see the problems that causes for her because of where she lives and how she comes accept herself. Her whole personality isn't just being bisexual she is well round and relatable. Overall an amazing book that I would definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual assault