Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

5 reviews

abookandaspotoftea's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Racial slurs

georgiagirl1315's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Gore

anger566's review

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

4.5

Great book! Definitely read if you're a fan of Netflix mysteries/murder documentaries like "Making a Murderer". Follows a family whose son was convicted of murder and the aftermath after a Netflix-type documentary comes out about him. Flashbacks throughout the book. Couldn't put it down towards the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

The plot revolves around the main family dying at beginning of the book (family includes 2 minors). The main family's oldest son is in prison for murder. One of the characters was in a serious car accident with resulting brain/mental injuries, the same character acts racist towards other characters.

We later learn the family was murdered, descriptions of the family's last moments from each of their perspectives before the killer does the deed is described. Father attempts suicide which is described in detail. We learn the antagonist (an adult) sexually assaulted the victim (who was a minor) in the past and murders them to cover it up (the victim was pregnant).

getbrekked's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Dementia

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Racism

arielr's review

Got about a quarter of the way in and then skimmed parts of the ending. It was going ok until the multiple instances of racial stereotypes. Most of them aimed at the Mexican police involved in the investigation but there were also one-dimensional side characters whose only personalities were also racial stereotypes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs