Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

70 reviews

annadudley94's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

mxdrews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

Making something as overdone as the multiverse not only engaging but also feel high stakes is very impressive. *Be gay, do crime in space* is a genre that doesn’t have to try too hard to be a good time so extra pleasing when it’s this quality 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and War

libreroaming's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

raychelbennet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Despite the extensive trigger list, just wow. Incredibly comprehensive for a single novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Abortion, and Pregnancy

txsha1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

sadhbh2525's review

adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy

nightstitch96's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, and Pregnancy

Minor: Racism and Abortion

itsmebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexism

Minor: Racism and Colonisation

mweld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The story is interesting but sometimes the slow character development is frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and War

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting