Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Antarctica by Claire Keegan

26 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bvic's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Keegan is a beautiful writer, no doubt about that. Masterclass in short storytelling. It felt like peeking into moments of tragedy. 

This collection was racist in places which marred the experience - memorably in the short stories ‘Passport Soup’ and ‘A Scent of Winter’. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

emmavardy2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I loved Claire keegan books small things like these and foster. This was a mixed bag of short stories. Some show glimmers of her genius to come and have truly wicked twists, and were 5 stars. Some, I really didn't like due use of some racist words, which seemed unnecessary. Which was a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Kidnapping

gansey_02's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racial slurs

nrb2020's review against another edition

reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Death of parent

shanngood's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Death of parent, and Murder