Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

2 reviews

kodi_rae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Oof. Sooo many conflicting feelings. This was a tough one but also so good. It challenged my perspective in a lot of different ways and I'm still unsure how I feel about the characters and events overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Grief, Infertility, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Blood

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.