Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

24 reviews

sharkycharming's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, and Death of parent

I would not recommend this book to anyone who is squeamish, because this books describes so many realities of bodies, sex, violence, hatred, and the [sometimes scary] animals and plants that live and grow in a tropical climate.

km00's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, and Grief

sameenniazi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Minor: Incest

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Bit uncertain how I feel about the ending, it seemed to drag for a little bit +

incest,,, I knew it was coming it was heavily hinted at but pls why

The writing in this book, however: immaculate, impeccable, lyrical but with just the right edge of uneasiness and without covering up the disgusting and horrible things. I loved the use of metaphors and repeated sentences and all the discussions about race and ideology and poverty- sublime and real and powerful. Really incredibly well done. I definitely recommend this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry