Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

5 reviews

trupiper's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

The blurb on the front of the book says it’s a page turner. But more often than not I found myself setting the book down. Upset and in deep rumination about the events unfolding. About the emotional connection I was gaining with these characters. I felt they were becoming part of my story, too. It’s a story of motherhood—complicated, loving, and messy. It’s a story of people. It’s a story of hope. But most importantly, it’s a story of heartache and pain. A story of love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racism, and Classism

skudiklier's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Oh my god this book was amazing. Heartbreaking, and terrible, and complicated, but so so amazing. I'd recommend it to anyone. It was devastating and beautiful and I don't have better words to describe it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Car accident, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Islamophobia, Slavery, and Stalking

Minor spoilers ahead:

the child death is not a main character and is fairly minor in the scheme of the book, but it's also horrifying and violent and it really really got me. So. Fair warning if that's something that could affect you.

alexlagon's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Death

books_and_mags's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abortion, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, and Gun violence

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book will ruin you. 

I loved it, but it was incredibly bleak. Significantly bleaker than the synopsis wants you to believe. There is a lot of rape in this novel, so if that triggers you I'd avoid this one. 

Soli and Kavya are real, imperfect, sometimes unlikeable, often baffling characters. I liked them and their development. I never got the vibe that Kavya actually liked her husband, Rishi, but maybe that was just my perception.

I really enjoyed how morally ambiguous it is. The author allows the reader to come to their own decisions on what is right or wrong, and I really respect that this wasn't a highly politicized novel despite being about immigration at its forefront. 

This is extremely relevant to our world today, but it's also a good look at what the USA's immigration policies and practices were under the Obama administration. It's honestly eye opening. The author did a ton of research for this book, and it shows on every page.

Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Infertility

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, and Police brutality