Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

5 reviews

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, War, Violence, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deportation, Ableism, and Abortion

lemonflower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

This is a tough one. The story is so good but the racism, misogyny, and romanticism of slavery is so strong. Every praise you’ve heard of this book is true, and every criticism is equally, if not more, true. In the end, I’m giving it a good rating because I rate them based on how engaged I was and emotionally invested, and that was a lot…. But yeah. It’s a tough one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Abortion, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Rape, Ableism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

remmyemmy's review

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

1.0

please do not read this book, truly so so so bad. don’t do it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, War, Death, Child death, Murder, Sexism, and Physical abuse

RACIST

laura_j9's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs

japanasi's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

this... was quite a letdown, and I was actually looking forward to reading it a lot. I saw the movie when I was probably thirteen and remember that I liked it quite much back then. for some time now I’ve wanted to rewatch the film, but thought why not read the book instead. my memories were accordingly rusty and I pretty much only remembered the romantic story arc which is what I was looking forward to; plus Scarlett’s love for her family’s farm Tara and something about a sawmill.
I found it endearing that Scarlett is depicted as such an unlikeable character. I’ve rarely come across such a main character and kept reading. I like how she has her own, strong-willed mind and isn’t afraid to do what is improper by society’s standards, or what she finds she has to do (although her means and ways are questionable). even more interesting is that the majority of the characters are unlikeable and there were quite a lot times when I wanted to slap this or that character for acting so self-absorbed or simply stupid. that does happen in every other story though, so that wasn’t what took away my joy reading the story: what I had truly not anticipated was the blatantly open racism in the book!!! it made me feel really uneasy reading those passages and there were plenty of them. the way black people are described, addressed and speak plus the glorification of the ku klux klan left me horrified. that viewpoint might be an accurate portrait of the time the story takes place in, but it doesn’t make it any less horrible to read about it. probably a good reason to read it, though?

another (albeit much smaller) disappointment is the german version of “my dear, I don’t give a damn” which is just so lacklustre in comparison, “Liebling, es ist mir Einerlei”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Murder and Sexual assault