Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

7 reviews

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Classism, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Animal death, Murder, and Body shaming

Minor: Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Confinement, Sexual content, Colonisation, Racism, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicide, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Racism

elizabethwebb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Bullying, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

annieisawesome's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

The best part is Dayton. She’s what kept me hanging on. The rest of the main characters aren’t really likeable. I really didn’t like Mila hardly at all. There were very few parts that really kept me going. And a lot of scenes were kind of unnecessary. The “twist” was pretty easy to call. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Racism

anniereads221's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Sexual assault, Racism, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, and Animal death

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

This rating is pretty much based on my enjoyment because the plot was a let down. But before we get into that I'll talk about what I did like! This read was atmospheric and spooky. It had good pacing, and the main character, Mila, was a great narrator. And like I said, I really enjoyed reading it! 

HOWEVER, the plot turned out to be quite underwhelming. For a mystery/thriller, it was very linear and if you're familiar with the genre I feel like the culprit is an easy guess. Some other things I didn't like was that apart from Mila, the characters felt a little flat, and I didn't like the whole bully-redemption arc. June and Dayton were literally racist and fatphobic towards Mila while they were living and within a week everyone was buddy-buddy? Not a big fan of that.

All that being said I did like this book, and loved where Mila ended up by the end of it. I would be super interested in reading more books about her life! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, Suicide, Gore, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief, Cursing, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Body shaming, Excrement, Racism, Ableism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Slavery, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Confinement, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Infidelity

candycain's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism