Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

42 reviews

gagereadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

This book is not for the faint-hearted. It's a story of a racist, xenophobic, hateful house representing the racist, xenophobic, hateful history of a country with racist, xenophobic, hateful people as the main characters. And FUCK, it does mess you up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Classism, Deportation, Pedophilia, and Colonisation

More specifically, there is cutting.

owlribbon's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Dysphoria, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Blood, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Outing, Deadnaming, and Drug use

emilia_digi's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Racism, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Body horror, Suicide, Sexual assault, Torture, and Physical abuse

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was written by someone who was terminally online during a pandemic lockdown and unfortunately it shows. Parts of it are spooky and insightful but most of it is shadow boxing with imaginary twitter opponents which is both uninteresting and already dated.

Also personally I don't like "ambiguous" rape stories so if I'd known in advance that's what it was I probably wouldn't have read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Homophobia, Torture, Blood, Classism, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Ableism, Body shaming, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Genocide

books_onthe_ground's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexism, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Addiction

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, Excrement, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Classism, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Body horror, Addiction, Outing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Colonisation, Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Rape

savvylit's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

"Memory is a difficult thing to navigate, especially traumatic memory. It splinters. You can cut yourself on the edges of it so easily."

Tell Me I'm Worthless is a brilliant literary horror novel in three parts, with three primary narrators: Alice, Ila, & the House. This novel is a take on the haunted house trope where the house is both malevolent and sentient. But the house, Albion, is not possessed by just one single spirit. Rather, the house is a manifestation of England's deep-seated fascist roots. Albion comes to represent the slow-drip poison of pervasive bigoted sentiment just under the surface of everyday life. Particularly towards immigrants and trans women. Rumfitt emphasizes this in multiple ways but never is it more effective than in her continual snarky use of the phrase "England's green and pleasant land" throughout the story.

Tell Me I'm Worthless is a book that ought to be read without knowing too much about the plot details. Honestly, the story unfolds so well that I'm not sure I could do it justice by summarizing it anyway. (But that's not to say that you shouldn't check the content warnings before reading, because you absolutely should.) Overall, all you need to know is that Rumfitt perfectly balances real-world terror and violence with hypnotic and disturbing supernatural sequences. I do want to forewarn readers that there is quite a lot of absolutely brutal sexual violence in this novel. To the point where I felt sickened pretty consistently as I read. However, the violence was never superfluous - it always served as a foil to the real lasting power of the story: trans love and trans resilience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Misogyny, Hate crime, Body horror, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Classism, Blood, and Racial slurs

book_creature's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Drug use, Hate crime, Self harm, Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Classism, Trafficking, Body shaming, Genocide, and Excrement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

"This novel covers racism, antisemitism, transphobia, rape (both in abstract and graphic ways), self harm, and suicide."

queersubtext's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Classism, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Sexism

Minor: Fatphobia and Dysphoria

keenanmaree's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-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

3.0

This was a really tough one to rate. I averaged it at 3 stars because there were things I loved about it and things I really didn’t love about it. I get that the point was to make the reader uncomfortable, but…..jesus. Take those content warnings very seriously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Vomit, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content