Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni

33 reviews

humblebookdragon's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Xenophobia, and Outing

Minor: Sexism, Death of parent, Genocide, Car accident, Racism, Misogyny, and Homophobia

grace_b_3's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Biphobia, Car accident, Racism, Death of parent, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

i really wanted to like this. i would say the best parts (by far) are the bits about Armenian culture. that was very enjoyable to read about and is a culture that i have not encountered in a lot of books. but the main character is so insufferable and kinda gave YA vibes? she makes MANY bad decisions and nothing ever really comes from them?

also the fact that her boyfriend proposed to her, she said she needed time to think, and then while he was away he was thinking about her and awaiting her response she was out matchmaking and dating someone else??? like at least tell your boyfriend no first. that rubbed me wrong

there were also way too many pop culture references and jokes that don’t really land anymore and a lot of the dialogue was very unrealistic. this had so much potential!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, War, Cursing, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Biphobia

kell_xavi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Full  of wonderful Armenian cultural events, food, history, and celebrations, this novel is joyous and rich, entertaining and emotional. I liked the friendships, family, and romantic love—though some ill-phrased sentiments made for hurt and anxiety, the true feelings sorted themselves in a believable, agreeable way. I might have liked to get out of Naure’s head and subjectivity, to see her better, but otherwise this is a gem of a romance novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Racism

Minor: Rape and Genocide

jordannnnnn's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Genocide, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, War, Racism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

emk5's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

cheesy but sweet (happy ending). Idk how to tag for "main character (briefly) has a horrible white boyfriend and also makes a lot of bad decisions" 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia

jane_cs's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

tahsintries's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Genocide, Biphobia, and Car accident

lunep's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

2.0

 I liked learning about Armenian culture, and I saw myself in the main character a little bit, but I didn't fall in love with the characters or their romance, I was left feeling very "eh" about it, which makes me sad because I seem to have no luck with sapphic romances.

It was cute, but overall I didn't feel super invested. Nareh stressed me out sometimes, and Erebuni felt too perfect, and the other suitors and some other secondary characters felt like they were designed to be shitty so Erebuni could look like the perfect woman:

-Trevor: misogynist, subconsciously racist/xenophobic, didn't seem to pay attention to the person Nareh actually was and what she liked.
-Raffi: misogynist, self obssesed.
-Arek: ok, nothing wrong with him. But Nareh didn't feel attracted to him (which is fair)
-The engineer guy: makes a joke about how he feels pain by proxy when cutting up an eggplant bc eggplant emoji.
-Artur: misogynist.
-Sako: nothing wrong with him either, just gay.
-Ara: self-obssesed, interrupting Nareh every time she talks.
-Kevork: pedantic.

-Kiki: sexist, very conservative, rude, she believes she's better than everyone.

Also, the cover says "From wingwoman to the woman of her dreams", and the synopsis says "Suddenly, with Erebuni as her wingwoman, the events feel like far less of a chore, and much more of an adventure." but there wasn't much wingwoman-ing, and I expected more overall. It ended up being a just-ok book for me, which again, sad about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, Biphobia, Genocide, Body shaming, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Classism, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, and Murder