Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

23 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Infidelity, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death, Abortion, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

evelyneh's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

aunticles's review

funny reflective sad 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

I loved this book. The structure is unusual: a collection of short stories rather than a novel, about the 2 friends and the twists and turns their lives take, together and apart, alternating their points of view. It's full of pain and regret, but also funny at times and easy to read. A fascinating,  wry and poignant view of relationships: romantic, sexual, family, friendships. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Outing, Racism, Cancer, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

robinks's review

emotional hopeful 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

I really enjoyed reading through these little blips of Fiona & Jane’s lives, the ebbs and flows of their friendship over many years. I didn’t like that some of the stories seemed to be out of chronological order. Also, I sometimes could not understand Jane’s actions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, and Cancer

Moderate: Grief, Racism, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Homophobia

readinglitwithbritt's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Outing, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Cancer, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and War

raphynette's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, and Biphobia

ahskme's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism

youngblackademic98's review

reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

burnt_milk's review against another edition

funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoy literary fiction but find it kinda difficult to talk about. Some parts of this really hit, but as is often the case with these kind of stories I wish subjects were given more depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Outing, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Sexual assault, and Vomit

eed8's review

emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide