Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

29 reviews

neonskylite's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

One of the only Nazi alt-histories I can stomach because a) its got that PKD freakiness in it and b) it has so thoroughly thought out what point it wants to make and carved out the niche its trying to depict in this world (that is, the americana art dealing world to talk about cultural capital and "authenticity"). 

Also I could give a 30 minute presentation about the many covers of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Antisemitism and War

Minor: Slavery

alexalily's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Classism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Antisemitism, Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

damesies's review

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Slavery

franklola's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Deportation, Slavery, Grief, Colonisation, Police brutality, War, Murder, and Religious bigotry

misty_kb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Genocide

butlerebecca's review

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Genocide, War, and Toxic relationship

kristiealexis's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

I had a hard time trying to get into this, but I didn't read very far. I'll probably pick it up again sometime in the future.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

blackberryjambaby's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Ableism, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Racial slurs, War, Slavery, Police brutality, and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia

luxxltyd's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, and Racism