Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

11 reviews

bo0ks_are_cool91's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

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

4.5

On par with the hunger games for iconic dystopias! The exploration of death and the human condition here was done really well, and the world building is well serving to its purpose. Was a tad predictable at times but really good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Racism

Minor: Torture

nadialonso's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Xenophobia and Racism

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Gore, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Racism

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I feel like I put off reading this book for so long because Sci-Fi wasn’t my genre but this book was good.  I feel like I probably would have liked it more as a teenager.  While the plot was entertaining it also left a few things unexplained.  It just felt a little dull at some moments and dragged out for others.  

I also kinda had a pet peeve about Citra’s and Rowan’s relationship, it felt very forced and out of place.  It was honestly uncomfortable to read, it was like because they were around the same age they had to wind up together…

Spice Level: n/a

Release Date: 16, November 2016

POV: Duel, Third Person

Rep:  n/a

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Body horror, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Torture, Grief, and Fatphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Confinement

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Racism, Child death, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Body horror, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fatphobia

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

wisteria1111's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Addiction, Ableism, Cursing, and Death

Boring ass romance plot between main characters, if you don't wanna read that then don't read this

patslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

anaguana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Minor: Car accident and Gun violence

madsforbooks's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Gore, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Racism and Adult/minor relationship

galaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Racism

Minor: Child death and Religious bigotry