Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

55 reviews

alsira98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Murder, and Alcoholism

trashkatchewan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a great read, much better than Eileen and really gripping in its rhythm. I crashed through it in an evening and I'm glad I just pushed through, not a story I want to dwell on because it was just heartbreaking and then obviously the amount of slurs was just egregious , but it was absolutely of quality in terms of writing style, conveyance of the character's issues, and tone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

sel_reads's review against another edition

1.5

I had to force myself to finish this and it's only 145 pages. There is something to be argued regarding whether it is appropriate to use the slurs written in this book given the identity of the author. Specifically the N-word used on the second to last page. It was already awful to read the words bl*ckie to describe Black background figures, the N-word was overkill and inappropriate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia and Physical abuse

Use of the N-word on page 144.

espears's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I keep seeing stuff about McGlue being a pirate story?? It is not. McGlue is an alcoholic sailor, struggling to deal with himself and the reality of what happened between him and his best friend. TW: There are a lot of homophobic/racist slurs being flung around here. The prose is beautiful. The journey of self-loathing and reflection that McGlue experiences over the course of these pages felt visceral. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Blood, Alcoholism, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Racism

biggaywave's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Use of derogatory terms that should come with a trigger warning for some. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Homophobia, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

nina5sophie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

sexist, racist(!), homophobic. But it was literally a love story between an alcoholic man, who can't remember a single thing and a rich man, who's been killed by him. Would have been a 3 to a 3.5 star, but because of all the sexism racism homophobia it's a 2.5. It was literally too much, why did she have to write the book like that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Racism

nargott's review against another edition

Too much racism, sexism and homophobia. Literally a slur at least once a page. I don't understand how a book like this, written by a straight, white woman using such anti black and homophobic language could be so widely praised. Trash.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Sexism

Too much racism, sexism and homophobia. Literally a slur at least once a page. I don't understand how a book like this, written by a straight, white woman using such anti black and homophobic language could be so widely praised. Trash.

jp_riemersma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Vomit, Blood, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Death, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Death, and Murder

kaymichelle's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction